Probable cause
The pilot's excessive speed and excessive application of brakes during the landing roll on soft, sandy terrain.
NTSB analysis
The private pilot was landing a tundra-tire-equipped airplane on a sandy area that was about 900 feet long, and about 50 feet wide. As the pilot applied the brakes in an area of soft sand, the airplane nosed over. The airplane received structural damage to the fuselage, left wing, left wing strut, and the vertical stabilizer. The pilot noted that he could have landed "a little slower so as to not need any braking to get stopped before the soft sand, or land somewhere else."
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for ANC08LA101 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Aug 7, 2008
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Tyonek, Alaska
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Piper PA-18
- N-number
- N82057
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
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