Pilot Debrief

PIPER PA-18-150 near Chaseley, ND — 2025-10-02

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Date
2025-10-02
Location
Chaseley, ND, USA
Aircraft
PIPER PA-18-150
Registration
N91042
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0

Probable cause

The pilot’s excessive braking during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose over.

NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he landed in a harvested soybean field and tapped the breaks “a little too hard.” The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings, right wing strut, rudder, and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot further reported that the accident could have been prevented by “rolling out a little longer” and being “gentle” on the brakes during the landing roll.

NTSB coding

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