- Date
- May 12, 2021, 13:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Kenai, AK · Kenai Municipal Airport
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N92793Piper PA-12
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Nose over/nose down
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 20210512008379A
- Case key
- 103092
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Probable cause
The pilot's excessive application of the airplane’s wheel brakes while landing, 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
According to the pilot, the airplane bounced during the initial touchdown and then it veered slightly to the right of the gravel-covered runway. To correct for the veer, the pilot applied left rudder and braking, but the airplane subsequently nosed over, sustaining substantial damage to the fuselage, empennage, and left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. In addition, the pilot noted that he inadvertently applied aggressive braking action, which resulted in the nose over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92793
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-239
- Built
- 1946
- Airframe hours
- 6,264
- Engine
- Lycoming 0-320 SERIES, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Heazlett James Richard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 4, 2021 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- AK73 · Nikiski, AK
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- ENA · Kenai Municipal Airport, runway 20L, 1,980 × 75 ft, gravel
- Equipment
- None
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
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 658 total · 50 in this make and model · 610 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.16 inHg
- Observed at
- ENA
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 N92793 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.