- Date
- June 23, 2011, 09:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Nikiski, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6248RPiper PA-18-150
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA FSDO-03
- FAA report
- 20110623012379A
- Case key
- 80882
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper use of brakes during landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he was landing on a beach when he applied the brakes too heavily during the landing roll, and the airplane nosed over. During the nose over, the rudder and the right lift strut sustained substantial damage. The pilot said that there were no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The private pilot reported he was landing on a beach when he applied the brakes too heavily during the landing roll, and the airplane nosed over. He indicated that there were no mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident. During the nose over, the rudder and the right lift strut received substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6248R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188320
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jesse Ray
- Registered owner
- Jesse Ray
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PAVB · Birchwood, AK
- Destination
- Nikiski, AK
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 64
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 300 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 18, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 52 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6248R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.