- Date
- September 28, 2002, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Gannett, ID
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N380CCPiper/Cub Crafters PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA-FSDO
- FAA report
- 20020928026469A
- Case key
- 55804
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot's excessive braking during the landing rollout.
Analysis
The private pilot reported that he was landing in an open pasture near his home. He reported that he landed long in an effort to clear a series of power lines located on the approach path to the landing area. He reported that during the landing rollout, shortly before reaching the end of the intended landing area, he applied wheel brakes and the airplane nosed over onto its back. The pilot reported that he hadn't experienced any mechanical difficulties or malfunctions with the airplane that contributed to the accident.
Factual narrative
On September 28, 2002, about 1500 mountain daylight time, a Piper/Cub Crafters PA-18, N380CC, sustained substantial damage subsequent to a nose over while landing at an off-airport landing site near Gannett, Idaho. The airplane is owned by the pilot, and was being operated as a personal flight under the provisions of Title 14, CFR part 91, when the accident occurred. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed for the local flight. The private pilot, the sole occupant of the airplane, received minor injuries. There was no fire and no report of ELT activation.
In a written report dated September 28, 2002, the pilot reported that he was landing in an open pasture near his home. He reported that he landed long in an effort to clear a series of power lines located on the approach path to the landing area. He reported that during the landing rollout, shortly before reaching the end of the intended landing area, he applied wheel brakes and the airplane nosed over onto its back.
The pilot reported that he hadn't experienced any mechanical difficulties or malfunctions with the airplane that contributed to 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
- N380CC
- Reported as
- Piper/Cub Crafters PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 9934CC
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John V. Croul
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 2001 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- Picabo, ID
- Destination
- Gannett, ID
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
- 78
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- April 10, 2001
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 807 total · 55 in this make and model · 515 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.93 inHg
- Observed at
- KSUN, 10 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.