# NTSB MIA88LA243: Cessna 180J, N9962N, Pahokee, FL, August 2, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 2, 1988, 10:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place: Pahokee, FL
- Coordinates: 26.809873, -80.659339 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.8099&lon=-80.6593&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 21, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32224
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88LA243
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32224/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA243

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - brakes(normal) - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9962N-2015-04-30), registration cancelled 2015-04-30, S/N 18052617, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180J
- Registry model: [Cessna 180J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180j) (registry code 2072622) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18052617
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880802051669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880802051669A), Aug 2, 1988: Cessna 180J, Pahokee, FL, Substantial damage. Nosed over during a wheel landing when pilot used brakes while tail was still up.

## Other investigations on N9962N (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 SEA91FA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91FA181), Jul 19, 1991: Cessna 180J (N9962N), Newcastle, WY, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: PILOT FACTOR IN THAT HE DID NOT MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT FLYING SPEED AND ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO ENTER AN INADVERTENT STALL/SPIN. FACTORS INCLUDE HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE.

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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