- Date
- July 19, 2020, 19:30 local (Jul 20, 2020, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bear Valley, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2929CCessna 180
- Defining event
- Taxi: Nose over/nose down
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20200719010589A
- Case key
- 101654
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Probable cause
The pilot's over application of brakes during taxi, 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 of a tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, after landing on a gravel runway, he was taxiing with speed to the turnaround point. He applied brakes, the tail of the airplane came up and the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2929C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180 (Undesignat)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30829
- Built
- 1954
- Airframe hours
- 5,689
- Engine
- Continental O-520, 265 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 29, 2019
- Departed
- AQY · Girdwood, AK
- Destination
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- PVT · Bear Valley
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS, Stall warning system
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
- 22
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 1, 2020
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 637 total · 152 in this make and model · 583 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Wind
- 270° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.80 inHg
- Observed at
- PAMR, 10 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 9, 2020, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 948 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 N2929C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.