- Date
- May 18, 2004, 17:23 local (May 19, 2004, 00:23 UTC)
- Place
- Chandler, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N62712Piper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20040518008409A
- Case key
- 59262
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Probable cause
the pilot's improper application of brakes during the landing roll, resulting in a nose over.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane nosed over on the runway during the landing roll. The certified flight instructor and pilot receiving instruction were practicing touch-and-go's. The last landing was a wheel landing performed by the pilot receiving instruction. During the landing roll the pilot applied the wheel brakes, and the airplane nosed over on the runway.
Factual narrative
On May 18, 2004, at 1723 mountain standard time, a Piper PA-18-150, N62712, nosed over during the landing roll at Chandler Municipal Airport, Chandler, Arizona. Chandler Air Service operated the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The certified flight instructor and pilot receiving instruction were not injured, and the airplane was substantially damaged. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The local instructional flight originated at Chandler Airport at 1635.
The CFI stated in the Pilot/Operator Accident Report (NTSB Form 6120.1/2) that they remained in the airport traffic pattern the entire flight practicing touch-and-go's. The last landing was a wheel landing performed by the pilot receiving instruction. During the landing roll the pilot applied the wheel brakes, and the airplane nosed over on the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62712
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7809105
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Chandler Air Service Inc
- Registered owner
- Chandler Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- KCHD · Chandler, AZ
- Destination
- KCHD · Chandler, AZ
- Airport
- KCHD · Chandler, runway 22R
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
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 34
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1
- Flight hours
- 3,007 total · 620 in this make and model · 225 in the last 90 days · 78 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1
- Flight hours
- 5,860 total · 6 in this make and model · 60 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Altimeter
- 29.81 inHg
- Observed at
- KCHD
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 N62712 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.