Javron PA-18 REPLICA N864SC

Summary

On 3 December 2019 at about 23:39 local time, a Javron PA-18 REPLICA registered N864SC was involved in an accident near Nephi, Utah, 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

3 December 2019 at 23:39

Classification

Accident

Location

Nephi, Utah, United States

Nearest airport

Nephi Muni (U14)

Coordinates

39.8786, -111.8572

Aircraft

Javron PA-18 REPLICA

Registration

N864SC

Category

Airplane

Year built

2017

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Nephi → Nephi

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR20CA036

Nobody was injured.

The passenger’s inadvertent application of the brakes during landing, which resulted in a nose-over. 

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that he was planning to perform an off-airport landing on the shore of a reservoir where he had successfully landed many times before. After about a 30-minute flight, the pilot configured the airplane for landing on the shoreline. During touchdown, the passenger, who was in the rear seat, inadvertently applied the brakes. Because the brakes were applied on touchdown, the airplane immediately nosed over and came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wing strut. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.