- Date
- March 4, 2000, 07:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bozeman, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9907VCessna 180H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000304004989A
- Case key
- 48733
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
Aircraft control was not maintained. Inadequate remedial action was a factor.
Analysis
The flight instructor reported that during the landing roll, with the student pilot at the controls, the airplane began to veer to the right. The flight instructor tapped the brakes to correct back to the left. The airplane continued to the right and the flight instructor applied the brakes harder, when the tail came up and the airplane nosed over. The flight instructor reported that he did not realize that the student pilot was also on the brakes at the same time. There was no report of a mechanical failure or malfunction.
Factual narrative
On March 4, 2000, at 0730 mountain standard time, a Cessna 180H, N9907V, registered to and operated by the pilot as a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, nosed over during the landing roll at Gallatin Field, Bozeman, Montana. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. The airplane was substantially damaged and the certified flight instructor and the student pilot were not injured.
The flight instructor reported that during the landing roll on runway 12, with the student at the controls, the airplane began to veer to the right of the centerline. The flight instructor tapped the brakes to correct back to the left. The airplane continued to the right and the instructor applied the brakes harder, when the tail came up and the airplane nosed over. The flight instructor stated that he did not realize that the student pilot was also on the brakes at the same time.
The flight instructor reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane at the time of the accident.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9907V
- Reported as
- Cessna 180H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18051759
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul E. Iverson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BZN
- Airport
- BZN · Gallatin Field, runway 12, 9,003 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 14,000 total · 6,000 in this make and model · 14,000 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BZN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.