- Date
- June 7, 2008, 15:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Moab, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2375GCessna 182
- Defining event
- Landing: Nose over/nose down
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 2008
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20080607837559A
- Case key
- 68190
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the tailwind condition, and improper use of additional power while taxiing. Contributing to the accident was soft ground and a gusting tailwind.
Findings · 4
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 landed on runway 33, which is a dirt runway. The wind direction at the time was 320 degrees at 19 knots, gusting to 29. The pilot turned the airplane around to back taxi to parking. While back taxiing, the airplane's nose wheel encountered a soft spot of sand, and the pilot added some power to get through the soft spot. The tail came up, and the airplane nosed over.
Factual narrative
In a written statement, the pilot reported that he landed at Canyonlands Field Airport, Moab, Utah, on dirt runway 33. Winds were from 320 degrees at 24 knots gusting to 30. He then back-taxied on the dirt runway for about 700 feet. The airplane's nose wheel encountered a soft spot of sand, and the pilot added some power to get through the soft spot. The tail came up and the airplane completely nosed over on to its back.
At 1553 mountain daylight time, winds at Canyonlands Field Airport were from 320 degrees at 19 knots gusting to 29.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2375G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51675
- Airframe hours
- 7,827
- Engine
- Continental O-470, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Skydiving · Part 91
- Operator
- Skydive Moab LLC
- Registered owner
- Skydive New Hampshire LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special); Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 2007
- Departed
- KCNY · Moab, UT
- Airport
- KCNY · Canyonlands Field Airport, runway 33, 1,800 × 30 ft, dirt
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2
- Last flight review
- February 1, 2008
- Flight hours
- 413 total · 225 in this make and model · 90 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 19 knots, gusting 29
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F
- Observed at
- KCNY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.