Piper PA-18-150 N6ZT

Summary

On 5 November 2007 at about 18:00 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N6ZT was involved in an accident near Cortez, Colorado, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

5 November 2007 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Cortez, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Cortez Municipal (CEZ)

Coordinates

37.3031, -108.6281

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N6ZT

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cortez → Cortez

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN08CA025

Nobody was injured.

The passenger's inadvertent application of brakes, causing the airplane to nose over on landing. A contributing factor was the pilot's failure top adequately brief the passenger.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot made a full-stall (conventional) landing. When the airplane touched down, he felt "a sudden slowing of the aircraft" and the "tail rapidly coming up." He yelled at the passenger to get his feet off the brake pedals. The pilot said the "passenger had no idea he was touching the brake pedals as he braces himself for landing." The airplane then nosed over during the landing rollout.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.