ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 217583
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| Date: | Monday 4 June 2018 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18-150 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N57787 |
| MSN: | 18-7709131 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2310 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 A2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Healy, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Denali Park, AK |
| Healy, AK | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, during the landing roll on a downhill off-airport grass landing site, he overapplied the brakes, and the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and empennage.
The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s overapplication of the brakes during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose-over.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 May 2008 | N57787 | James Fogarty | 0 | Fairbanks, Alaska | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 11-Nov-2018 08:31 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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