- Date
- September 5, 2019, 09:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Glendo, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N14961Pietenpol Pietenpol Aircamper
- Defining event
- Landing: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 2020
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20190905020729A
- Case key
- 100201
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Probable cause
The pilot's overapplication of brakes during the landing roll, which resulted in a noseover.
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 the landing roll, he applied "too much brake" and that the airplane then nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the forward right and left lift struts. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot of the tailwheel equipped airplane reported that, during the landing roll, he applied "too much brake" and the airplane nosed over and impacted terrain. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the both forward right and left lift struts. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14961
- Reported as
- Pietenpol Pietenpol Aircamper (No Series)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- P101SE
- Built
- 1975
- Airframe hours
- 468.6
- Engine
- General Motors Corvair 140HP, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · August 9, 2019
- Departed
- CPR · Casper, WY
- Destination
- 76V · Glendo, WY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 76V · Thomas Memorial, runway 34, 4,397 × 70 ft, dirt
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS
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
- 60
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 2, 2019
- Seat
- Rear
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 839 total · 46 in this make and model · 737 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.07 inHg
- Observed at
- KDGW, 23 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 22, 2020, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.1 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 N14961 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.