- Date
- June 20, 2013, 11:06 local (18:06 UTC)
- Place
- Cashmere, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6845ZPiper PA-18-150
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 2013
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA Spokane FSDO
- FAA report
- 20130620011579A
- Case key
- 87245
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Probable cause
The pilot’s improper application of the brakes during the landing ground roll, which resulted in a nose over.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he was practicing landings on unimproved surfaces and had just landed on the grass portion of a landing strip. He applied the brakes too hard, which caused the airplane to nose over. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that he was practicing landings on unimproved surfaces and had just landed on the grass portion of a landing strip. He applied the brakes too hard, which caused the airplane to nose over. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6845Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-8132
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 SERIES, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Chambers Randy E
- Registered owner
- Chambers Randy E
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 8S2 · Cashmere, WA
- Destination
- 8S2 · Cashmere, WA
- Airport
- 8S2 · Cashmere-Dryden
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
- 65
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.85 inHg
- Observed at
- KEAT
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 7, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 33 KB in all.
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 N6845Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.