- Date
- November 8, 2010, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Watertown, SD
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3029ZPiper PA-22-160
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 12, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA-RAP-FSDO
- FAA report
- 20101108050089A
- Case key
- 77756
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadvertent and premature use of the brakes during the landing roll, which 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 he circled the farm field to check the condition of the landing area prior to landing. During the landing roll, he inadvertently stepped on the brakes prior to the tailwheel touching down and the airplane nosed over, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage and wings.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported he circled the farm field to check the condition of the landing area prior to landing to the northeast. He reported that he inadvertently stepped on the brakes during the landing roll prior to the tailwheel touching down. The airplane nosed over which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage and wings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3029Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-6983
- Airframe hours
- 1,976
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Super 20 LLC
- Registered owner
- Super 20 LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 20, 2009 · 74 hours before
- Departed
- LYV · Laverne, SD
- Destination
- Watertown, SD
- Airport
- runway 04, 1,800 × ft
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
- 58
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 10, 2010
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 138 total · 45 in this make and model · 45 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.84 inHg
- Observed at
- ATW, 7 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 10, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 554 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 N3029Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.