- Date
- September 30, 2022, 17:50 local (Oct 1, 2022, 00:50 UTC)
- Place
- Groveland, CA · Pine Mountain Lake Airport
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N119AMMary Alexander JA30 Superstol
- Defining event
- Taxi: Nose over/nose down
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20220930021689A
- Case key
- 106046
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Probable cause
The pilot's excessive application of brake during an attempt to avoid wildlife while taxing resulted in a nose over.
Findings · 3
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, as he taxied down the runway, he observed a deer on the right side of the airplane. The deer made a quick left turn in front of the airplane and the pilot aggressively applied the brakes. The airplane subsequently nosed over and came to rest inverted. The left wing, wing strut and vertical stabilizer were substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N119AM
- Reported as
- Mary Alexander JA30 Superstol
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- JA321-10-13
- Built
- 2014
- Airframe hours
- 255
- Engine
- Rotax 912ULS, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · June 16, 2022
- Departed
- E45 · Groveland, CA
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- E45 · Pine Mountain Lake, runway 27, 3,624 × 50 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B, Satellite tracking device
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
- 48
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- BasicMed
- Last flight review
- November 9, 2020
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 1,250 total · 175 in this make and model · 1,200 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.83 inHg
- Observed at
- KO22, 15 nm away
- METAR
- KO22 010055Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM CLR 28/05 A2983 RMK A01
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 30, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.4 MB 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.