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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Jean, NV · November 12, 2011

Date: November 12, 2011 · 12:30 local
Place: Jean, NV
Airport: Jean Airport
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N357SC
Reported as: Piper PA-18-150
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 355 total117 in this make and model32 in the last 90 days

N357SCRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150S/N 18-8412 · Built 1966 Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Pilot privacy data omitted stated that the aircraft nosed over on landing due to his over-application of brakes during the landing rollout. He landed N357SC short of the threshold of the runway, in order to eliminate the need for back-taxiing to pick up another glider tow. The area short of the runway threshold consists of gravel. Thus, when the airplane reached the paved surface of the runway- under heavy braking - the main tires suddenly "bit in" to the pavement causing the airplane to nose over.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER ON LANDING DUE TO HIS OVER-APPLICATION OF BRAKES DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT. HE LANDED N357SC SHORT OF THE THRESHOLD OF THE RUNWAY, IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR BACK-TAXIING TO PICK UP ANOTHER GLIDER TOW. THE AREA SHORT OF THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD CONSISTS OF GRAVEL. THUS, WHEN THE AIRPLANE REACHED THE PAVED SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY- UNDER HEAVY BRAKING - THE MAIN TIRES SUDDENLY "BIT IN" TO THE PAVEMENT CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO NOSE OVER.