# Accident 20150604007739A: Piper PA-18A 150, Starbuck, WA, June 4, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2015, 09:00 local time
- Place: Starbuck, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.6044° N, 117.8756° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6044&lon=-117.8756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7860D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18A 150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 304 total, 12 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150604007739A

## Narrative

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

TRAINING FLIGHT FOR OFF-AIRFIELD LANDING. AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND DURING ROLLOUT, PILOT FELT INSTRUCTOR APPLY BRAKES, SO PILOT INCREASED HIS BRAKE PRESSURE TO COMMUNICATE TO THE CFI THAT THE PILOT WAS ON THE BRAKES. CFI DID NOT RELEASE BRAKE PRESSURE AND THE COMBINED BRAKING RESULTED IN A LOW INERTIA NOSE OVER AT END OF ROLLOUT. NO RESTRICTION EXISTED TO PREVENT A LONGER ROLLOUT.

## 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 GAA15CA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA107), Jun 4, 2015: Piper PA 18A 150 (N7860D), Hay, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's and flight instructor's improper brake application during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's failure to make a positive transfer of controls.

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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