# NTSB LAX01LA056: Piper PA-18-135, N9952Q, Ramona, CA, December 28, 2000

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 27, 2000, 16:45 local (Dec 28, 2000, 00:45 UTC)
- Place: Ramona, CA
- Coordinates: 33.069927, -116.829872 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0699&lon=-116.8299&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 6, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 50755
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX01LA056
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/50755/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA056

## Probable cause

The pilot's inadvertent encounter with a pothole during taxi, after landing.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing
  - airport facilities,taxiway condition - uneven (cause)
- Nose over, taxi - from landing

## Analysis

The pilot reported that after landing on a dirt strip, while taxing, the right main gear struck a large pothole.  The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted.

## Factual narrative

On December 27, 2000, at 1645 hours Pacific standard time, a Piper PA-18-135, N9952Q, sustained substantial damage during a nose over while taxing on a dirt strip near El Capitan Reservoir, Ramona, California.  The airplane was owned and operated under the provisions of CFR 14 Part 91 by the private pilot who was not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the personal flight, which departed from Gillespie Field Airport, San Diego, California, at 1600.

The pilot stated that following landing rollout, while taxing, the right main gear struck a large pothole and the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9952Q](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9952Q), registered now, S/N 18-3579, built 1954 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-18-135
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18-135](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135) (registry code 7101820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18-3579
- Airframe hours: 3778
- Engines: Lycoming O-290-D2 135 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: James C. Laudeman
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 6, 2000, 78 hours before
- Departed: SEE, SAN DIEGO, CA
- Airport: Private

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 1,500 total, 300 in this make and model, 1,350 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 330° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 158 °F, dew point 122 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: RNM, 10 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 20001227026919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001227026919A), Dec 27, 2000: Piper PA18135, Ramona, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot had landed on an unimproved dirt airstrip located approx. 1/4 mile north of the el capitan reservoir in san diego county. Following landing rollout,…

## Other investigations on N9952Q (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 CEN12CA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA132), Jan 2, 2012: Piper PA-18-135 (N9952Q), Del Norte, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion. Contributing to the accident were the sensitivity of the brake system and the certified flight…

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.

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