- Date
- August 27, 2020, 11:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Brighton, CO
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N36SCJewett SC-360
- 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
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration - Denver FSDO
- FAA report
- 20200827013809A
- Case key
- 101872
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 application of wheel brakes during the landing roll that caused the airplane to 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 receiving flight instruction in the tailwheel-equipped airplane that he had recently purchased. The pilot stated that the airplane bounced slightly upon touchdown, but he corrected by increasing engine power and a normal landing was made on the runway heading. The pilot reported that during the landing roll he heard his flight instructor ask him to “cut power” multiple times. The pilot stated that he responded by slowly pulling the throttle control aft while he maintained directional control as the airplane decelerated. The pilot reported that his flight instructor continued to tell him to “cut power” in a more urgent tone. The pilot stated that he confirmed the throttle control was already full aft before he applied wheel brakes to “expedite the stop” instead of letting the airplane continue to coast. The pilot stated that when he applied wheel brakes the airplane nosed over. The fuselage, rudder, and the left wing were substantially damaged. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded its normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36SC
- Reported as
- Jewett SC-360 (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 001
- Built
- 2011
- Airframe hours
- 410
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A2G, 360 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Medical Management Inc.
- Registered owner
- Medical Management Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · September 2, 2019
- Departed
- 18V · Platte Valley Airpark, CO
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- CO12 · Van Aire Airport, runway 12, 3,700 × 50 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS, ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 15, 2020
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 225 total · 10 in this make and model · 115 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 28.9 in the last 30 days · 3.3 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 47
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 5, 2020
- Seat
- Rear
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 17,400 total · 410 in this make and model · 1,600 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- KDEN, 7.4 nm away
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 30, 2021, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.2 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.