- Date
- August 2, 1988, 10:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Pahokee, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9962NCessna 180J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880802051669A
- Case key
- 32224
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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.
Nose over
Brakes(normal) - improper use ofCause
Analysis
The plt stated that he was attempting a wheel landing. On rollout he 'hit' the brakes. The acft nosed over and came to rest inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9962N
- Reported as
- Cessna 180J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052617
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Markham, James W.
- Registered owner
- James W Markham
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 21, 1987 · 92 hours before
- Departed
- PIE · St Petersburg, FL
- Destination
- PHK · Panokee, FL
- Airport
- PHK · Pahokee, runway 17, 3,946 × 75 ft, asphalt
N9962NRegistration cancelled Apr 30, 2015 · Cessna 180JAirframe modelCessna 180JEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,639 total · 1,551 in this make and model · 1,540 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N9962N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.