GENERAL INFORMATION FOR NTSB REPORT: ANC00LA094
Data Source |
NTSB AVIATION ACCIDENT/INCIDENT DATABASE |
NTSB Report Nbr |
ANC00LA094 |
Event Id |
20001212X21360 |
Local Date |
07/25/2000 |
Local Time |
1130 |
State |
AK |
Airport Name |
MERLE K (MUDHOLE) SMITH |
Event Type |
ACCIDENT |
Injury Severity |
MINOR |
Record Status |
FINAL |
Mid Air Collision |
NO |
Event Location |
ON AIRPORT/AIRSTRIP |
WEATHER INFORMATION
Weather Briefing Complete |
UNKNOWN |
Basic Weather Conditions |
VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL COND |
Light Condition |
DAY |
Cloud Condition |
UNKNOWN |
Cloud Height above Ground Level (ft) |
0 |
Ceiling Height above Ground Level (ft) |
1600 |
Cloud Type |
BROKEN |
Visibility RVR (ft) |
0 |
Visibility RVV (sm) |
0 |
Visibility (sm) |
10 |
Wind Direction (deg) |
214 |
Wind Condition Flag |
U |
Wind Speed (knots) |
4 |
Wind Condition Indicated |
Unknown |
AIRCRAFT INFORMATION
Aircraft 1
Type of Operation |
PART 91: GENERAL AVIATION |
Registration Number |
N1755P |
Aircraft Make |
PIPER |
Aircraft Model |
PA18 |
Aircraft Series |
UNDESIGNATED SERIES |
Aircraft Damage |
SUBSTANTIAL |
Aircraft Fire |
NONE |
Aircraft Explosion |
NONE |
Aircraft Type |
AIRPLANE |
Aircraft Homebuilt |
UNKNOWN |
Phase of Flight |
LANDING |
Aircraft Use |
PERSONAL |
Flight Plan Filed |
NONE |
Operator Name |
ALVIN B. FULTON |
Operator Doing Business As |
|
Owner Name |
CONRAD A. JOHNSON |
Number of Seats |
2 |
Number of Engines |
1 |
ELT Installed |
YES |
ELT Operated |
NO |
Departure Airport Id |
CKU |
Departure City |
|
Departure State |
ALASKA |
Last Departure Point |
YES |
Destination Local |
DEST & DEPARTURE SAME, ACCIDENT CAN OCCUR ANYWHERE |
Destination Airport Id |
PACV |
Destination City |
|
Destination State |
ALASKA |
Runway Id |
0 |
Runway Length |
1875 |
Runway Width |
30 |
Air Carrier Operating Certificates |
NO |
Air Carrier Other Operating Certificates |
UNKNOWN |
Rotocraft/Agriculture Operating Certificate |
UNKNOWN |
Cert Max Gross Wgt |
1750 |
ENGINE INFORMATION
Aircraft 1 - Engine : #1
Engine Manufactuer
| Lycoming |
Engine Model
| O-320-A2B |
Engine Horsepower
| 150 |
Engine Thrust
| HP |
Carb/Injection
| CARBURETOR |
INJURY INFORMATION
Injury Summary for Aircraft 1
|
Fatal |
Serious |
Minor |
None |
Crew |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Pass |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Sequence of Events for Aircraft 1
Occurrence #1 NOSE OVER
Phase of Operation: LANDING - ROLL
Events Sequence for Occurrence #1 of Aircraft 1
Event Seq # |
Event Group Code |
Subject |
Modifier |
Personnel |
Cause/Factor |
1 |
1 |
LANDING GEAR, NORMAL BRAKE SYSTEM |
ACTIVATED |
|
|
2 |
2 |
BRAKES (NORMAL) |
EXCESSIVE |
PILOT IN COMMAND |
CAUSE |
AIRCRAFT 1 PRELIMINARY REPORT
On July 25, 2000, about 1130 Alaska daylight time, a tundra tire equipped Piper PA-18 airplane, N1755P, sustained substantial damage during landing at the Merle K. (Mudhole) Smith Airport, Cordova, Alaska. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) local area personal flight, when the accident occurred. The airplane was operated by the pilot. The private certificated pilot, the sole occupant, received minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated at the Cordova Municipal Airport, Cordova, about 1030.
During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC), on July 26, the pilot reported that he had been practicing touch and go landings. He landed on runway 16 which has a gravel surface, and is 1,875 feet long. The pilot said he applied the brakes to come to a stop, and the airplane nosed over. The airplane received damage to the propeller, wings, windshield, and rudder.
AIRCRAFT 1 FINAL REPORT
The private certificated pilot was landing a tailwheel-equipped airplane on a gravel surface. The pilot applied the brakes to come to a stop, and the airplane nosed over. The airplane received damage to the propeller, wings, windshield, and rudder.
AIRCRAFT 1 CAUSE REPORT
The pilot's excessive application of the airplane's brakes.
END REPORT