20020213003729I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 180H · Blaine, WA · February 13, 2002

Date: February 13, 2002 · 17:34 local
Place: Blaine, WA
Airport: Blaine Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7CT
Reported as: Cessna 180H
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 14,000 total500 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

N7CTRegistered now · Cessna 180HS/N 18051616 · Built 1965 Airframe modelCessna 180H Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot/aircraft owner inadvertently landed with the parking brake on, causing the aircraft to nose over during landing. The parking brake had apparently been set for the duration of the flight, as the aircraft had previously departed from a wet grass runway, before the incident landing on a paved surface. Counseling was completed with the airman on checklist usage, and according to the pilot, the aircraft checklist has been modified to include ensuring the brake is released before takeoff.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT/AIRCRAFT OWNER INADVERTENTLY LANDED WITH THE PARKING BRAKE ON, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER DURING LANDING. THE PARKING BRAKE HAD APPARENTLY BEEN SET FOR THE DURATION OF THE FLIGHT, AS THE AIRCRAFT HAD PREVIOUSLY DEPARTED FROM A WET GRASS RUNWAY, BEFORE THE INCIDENT LANDING ON A PAVED SURFACE. COUNSELING WAS COMPLETED WITH THE AIRMAN ON CHECKLIST USAGE, AND ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE AIRCRAFT CHECKLIST HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO INCLUDE ENSURING THE BRAKE IS RELEASED BEFORE TAKEOFF.