# NTSB CEN26LA013: Piper PA-18-150, N91042, Chaseley, ND, October 2, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: October 2, 2025, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC) - Place: Chaseley, ND - Coordinates: 47.489737, -99.815237 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4897&lon=-99.8152&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 12, 2026 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 201824 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN26LA013 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/201824/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=201824 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA013 ## Probable cause The pilot’s excessive braking during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose over. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-18-150, 160 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=7101828), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-18-150, 83 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=7101828), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that he landed in a harvested soybean field and tapped the breaks “a little too hard.” The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings, right wing strut, rudder, and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot further reported that the accident could have been prevented by “rolling out a little longer” and being “gentle” on the brakes during the landing roll. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N91042](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91042), registered now, S/N 18-8109067, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-150 - Registry model: [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (registry code 7101828) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18-8109067 - Year built: 1981 - Airframe hours: 4901.4 - Engines: Lycoming O-320-A2B 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, December 18, 2024 - Departed: 5H4, Harvey, ND - Airport: N/A - Equipment: ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Handheld GPS ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 30; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review September 29, 2025; seat: front; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 1,494.2 total, 17 in this make and model, 1,398.4 as pilot in command, 65 in the last 90 days, 9.1 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 170° at 7 knots - Visibility: 4 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 48 °F - Altimeter: 30.01 inHg - Observed at: K46D, 27 nm away - METAR: K46D 022335Z AUTO 17007KT 4SM HZ CLR 25/09 A3001 RMK A01,M ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20251002014379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251002014379A), Oct 2, 2025: Piper PA-18-150, Fessenden, ND, Substantial damage. During a practice maneuver, the pilot-in-command (PIC) landed an aircraft in a recently harvested bean field. Upon landing, the PIC aggressively applied the… ## Other investigations on N91042 (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB CHI04CA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA247), Sep 4, 2004: Piper PA-18-150 (N91042), Grant, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: Directional control not attained and the control interference encountered by the pilot during landing roll. The ditch was a contributing factor. ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 12, 2026, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=201824. 6.4 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 5.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19721026&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Investigation photographs (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 1.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19720877&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigation%20Photographs-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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