- Date
- August 30, 2023, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- McCarthy, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N416RKPiper PA-18-150
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: 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
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20230830016839A
- Case key
- 192983
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Probable cause
The pilot’s excessive application of brakes during landing that resulted in a nose over.
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 during landing, he applied too much brake pressure and the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer and rudder. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N416RK
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-8434
- Built
- 1966
- Airframe hours
- 30.6
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 SERIES, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 31, 2023 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- MXY · McCarthy, AK
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- NONE · Peavine, runway none, 1,500 × 100 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
- 66
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- BasicMed
- Last flight review
- May 27, 2023
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,158 total · 38 in this make and model · 1,158 as pilot in command · 22.5 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.80 inHg
- Observed at
- AGK, 87 nm away
- METAR
- PAGK 302153Z AUTO 16010G20KT 10SM BKN100 13/07 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP092 T01280067 TSNO
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 4, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 10.4 MB 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 N416RK · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.