# NTSB ERA12CA047: Piper PA-18-135, N27295, Dyersburg, TN, October 23, 2011 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: October 23, 2011, 14:11 local (18:11 UTC) - Place: Dyersburg, TN - Coordinates: 36.071388, -89.370277 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0714&lon=-89.3703&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 6, 2012 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 82153 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA12CA047 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/82153/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=82153 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA047 ## Probable cause The pilot's inadvertent excessive braking during the landing roll. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Action: incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,386 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md) - [Landing gear system: brake](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023242): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 297 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023242/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis According to the pilot, he had departed from a nearby paved runway and was practicing takeoffs and landings on his property. During the second landing, the airplane bounced, and the pilot's foot slipped off the right rudder pedal, which resulted in an overuse of the right heel brake. The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted, which resulted in substantial damage to the wings and tail. The pilot stated there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have prevented normal operations. ## Factual narrative According to the pilot, he had departed from a nearby paved runway and was practicing takeoff and landings on his property. During the second landing the airplane bounced, the pilot's foot slipped off the right rudder pedal, which resulted in an overuse of the right heel brake. The airplane nosed over coming to rest inverted, which resulted in substantial damage to the wings and tail. The pilot stated there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have prevented normal operations. ## Aircraft - Registration: N27295 (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-135 - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18-3597 - Airframe hours: 3328 - Engines: LYCOMING O-320 C2B 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, October 17, 2011, 2 hours before - Departed: Dyersburg, TN - Destination: Dyersburg, TN - Airport: runway 30, 1,250 × 400 ft, dirt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 31; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review November 17, 2010; seat: front; flight hours: 239 total, 30 in this make and model, 212 as pilot in command, 44 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 270° at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 12,000 ft broken - Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 43 °F - Altimeter: 30.04 inHg - Observed at: KDYR, 5 nm away ## 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 20111023026499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111023026499A), Oct 23, 2011: Piper PA-18-135, Dyersburg, TN, Substantial damage. The pilot was practicing short field landings on a plowed bean field. On this landing...he explained that he may have applied too much braking after a bounce.… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 20, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=82153. 1.7 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 424 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40357087&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Dyersburg Weather (item 2, .PDF, 100 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40356427&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Dyersburg%20Weather-Master.PDF - Photo 1: Airplane At Rest (Courtesy of the FAA) (item 3, .PDF, 1.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40356428&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%3A%20Airplane%20At%20Rest%20(Courtesy%20of%20the%20FAA)-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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