# NTSB NYC00LA182: Cessna 180, N3131D, Jackson Center, PA, July 2, 2000

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 2, 2000, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Jackson Center, PA
- Coordinates: 41.26942, -80.129302 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2694&lon=-80.1293&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 17, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 49582
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC00LA182
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/49582/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA182

## Probable cause

A seized left brake as reported by the pilot.

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - landing gear,normal brake system - seized (cause)

## Analysis

While landing the tail-wheeled airplane, the pilot reported that left brake seized and the airplane nosed over.  After the accident, a friend of the pilot stated he used a screw driver to release the seized brake.  Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector, which included disassembly of the left brake did not revealed any pre- or post-accident abnormalities.

## Factual narrative

On July 2, 2000, about 1100 Eastern Daylight Time, a Cessna 180, N3131D, was substantially damaged while landing at the Still Meadow Farm Airport, Jackson Center, Pennsylvania.  The certificated airline transport pilot was not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.

The tail-wheeled airplane was landing on Runway 22, a 1,856 foot-long, 65 foot-wide, turf runway.

According to the pilot, during the landing rollout, the left brake "seized" and the airplane nosed over.

A friend of the pilot who examined the airplane after the accident stated that the left brake was struck in the "on" position, and he used a screw driver to release the brake.

Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector, which included disassembly of the left brake did not revealed any pre- or post-accident abnormalities.

The pilot reported over 25,000 hours of total flight experience, with 2,803 hours in single engine airplanes, and 200 hours in the make and model of the accident airplane.

Winds reported at an airport about 23 miles west of the accident site, at 1051, were from 210 degrees at 12 knots.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3131D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3131D), registered now, S/N 31929 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 31929
- Airframe hours: 3963
- Engines: Continental O-470 225 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Alexander Ballard, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 9, 1999, 10 hours before
- Departed: NONE, UTICA, PA
- Destination: 8PS2
- Airport: 8PS2, Still Meadow Farm, runway 22, 1,856 × 65 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; flight instructor, airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 25,335 total, 200 in this make and model, 13,305 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: YNG, 23 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 20000702028999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000702028999A), Jul 2, 2000: Cessna 180, Jackson Center, PA, Substantial damage. (.4)While landing the tail-wheeled airplane, the pilot reported that left brake seized and the airplane nosed over. After the accident, a friend of the pilot…

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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