# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-18-135: Nose over/nose down

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB ANC25LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA073.md): Piper PA-18-135 · Palmer, AK · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 11, 2025 · N27293 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s excessive braking during the landing roll, resulting in a nose over. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to continue the landing after determining the landing area was unsuitable.
- [NTSB ANC21LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC21LA060.md): Piper PA-18-135 · Skwentna, AK · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 16, 2021 · N99640 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s use of excessive braking which resulted in a nose-over.
- [NTSB ANC14CA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14CA075.md): Piper PA 18-135 · Homer, AK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 4, 2014 · N8775C · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing roll.
- [NTSB ANC09CA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09CA099.md): Piper PA-18 · Chickaloon, AK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 16, 2009 · N9840Q · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's decision to land on unsuitable terrain, which resulted in a nose-over on landing.
- [NTSB MIA08LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08LA130.md): Piper PA-18-135 · Hollywood, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 28, 2008 · N3257B · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to achieve the proper touchdown point on landing and improper use of brakes. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the throttle cable attachment tab due to preexisting cracks.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7101820')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e WHERE e.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND e.aircrafts_position = x.position AND e."isDefiningEvent" AND e."tier2Number" = '096'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/cases?model=7101820

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