- Date
- May 14, 2015, 10:08 local (18:08 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2998PPiper PA 18-150
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 2015
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20150514007019A
- Case key
- 91174
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's excessive use of brakes to maintain directional control, which resulted in a nose over.
Findings · 3
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 was on a personal flight in a tailwheel-equipped, single engine airplane. The pilot stated that after landing, and while taxiing to exit the runway, the airplane began to veer to the right. He applied the brakes in an effort to regain control and the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted, resulting is substantial damage to the wings and fuselage. The pilot and sole occupant sustained minor injuries. The pilot stated there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot was on a personal flight in a tailwheel-equipped, single engine airplane. The pilot stated that after landing, and while taxiing to exit the runway, the airplane began to veer to the right. He applied the brakes in an effort to regain control and the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted, resulting is substantial damage to the wings and fuselage. The pilot and sole occupant sustained minor injuries. The pilot stated there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2998P
- Reported as
- Piper PA 18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-4514
- Built
- 1955
- Airframe hours
- 4,154
- Engine
- Lycoming 0-320 SERIES, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Graham, Jason
- Registered owner
- Graham, Jason
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 14, 2014 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- Z40 · Goose Bay, AK
- Destination
- LHD · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- LHD · Lake Hood, runway 32, 2,200 × 75 ft, gravel
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS
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
- 42
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 30, 2011
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 87 total · 5 in this make and model · 31 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.88 inHg
- Observed at
- PALH, 1 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 28, 2015, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 885 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.