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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Cortez, CO · November 5, 2007

Date: November 5, 2007 · 11:00 local
Place: Cortez, CO
Airport: Cortez Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N6ZT
NTSB investigation: NTSBDEN08CA025
Reported as: Piper PA18150
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 500 total500 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N6ZTRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150S/N 18-5824 · Built 1957 Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) The pilot landed the aircraft after local flight around cez (Cortez, CO), 11/05/07, 11:00 MST. Upon touchdown, the passenger inadvertently applied the brakes. The aircraft flipped over onto back, causing substantial damage to the propeller, vertical fin, rudder, and bent the lift struts. No injuries reported by either of the 2 occupants.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER LOCAL FLIGHT AROUND CEZ (CORTEZ, CO), 11/05/07, 11:00 MST. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE PASSENGER INADVERTENTLY APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ONTO BACK, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, VERTICAL FIN, RUDDER, AND BENT THE LIFT STRUTS. NO INJURIES REPORTED BY EITHER OF THE 2 OCCUPANTS.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB DEN08CA025Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCortez, COThe passenger's inadvertent application of brakes, causing the airplane to nose over on landing. A contributing factor was the pilot's failure top adequately brief the passenger.Nov 5, 2007 · Substantial damage