# Accident 20071105824669A: Piper PA18150, Cortez, CO, November 5, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 2007, 11:00 local time
- Place: Cortez, CO
- Airport: Cortez Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3031° N, 108.6281° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3031&lon=-108.6281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6ZT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6ZT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08CA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08CA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071105824669A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN08CA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08CA025), Nov 5, 2007: Piper PA-18-150 (N6ZT), Cortez, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The 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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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