20031107030329A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA18 · Anchorage, AK · November 7, 2003

Date
November 7, 2003 · 11:50 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Lake Hood Strip Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7509K
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC04LA006
Reported as
Piper PA18
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A2B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,800 total300 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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(-23) Student used excessive brake application causing aircraft to nose over on landing roll out. Instructor was unable to effect timely control inputs to preclude the student's loss of control. Equipment, runway conditions and weather are not considered to be contributing or causal. Student had been progressing (16 hours of instruction) without any prior indication of difficulty in utilization of rudder and/or brakes during the landing phase. Although the instructor applied immediate corrective input, the application of the error input was to well developed to reverse the dynamics of the resultant inertia. Instructor has no previous history of accidents or incidents. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT USED EXCESSIVE BRAKE APPLICATION CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER ON LANDING ROLL OUT. INSTRUCTOR WAS UNABLE TO EFFECT TIMELY CONTROL INPUTS TO PRECLUDE THE STUDENT'S LOSS OF CONTROL. EQUIPMENT, RUNWAY CONDITIONS AND WEATHER ARE NOT CONSIDERED TO BE CONTRIBUTING OR CAUSAL. STUDENT HAD BEEN PROGRESSING (16 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION) WITHOUT ANY PRIOR INDICATION OF DIFFICULTY IN UTILIZATION OF RUDDER AND/OR BRAKES DURING THE LANDING PHASE. ALTHOUGH THE INSTRUCTOR APPLIED IMMEDIATE CORRECTIVE INPUT, THE APPLICATION OF THE ERROR INPUT WAS TO WELL DEVELOPED TO REVERSE THE DYNAMICS OF THE RESULTANT INERTIA. INSTRUCTOR HAS NO PREVIOUS HISTORY OF ACCIDENTS OR INCIDENTS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.