Accident Piper PA-18-135 N9952Q, Wednesday 27 December 2000
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Date:Wednesday 27 December 2000
Time:16:45 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA18 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-18-135
Owner/operator:
Registration: N9952Q
MSN: 18-3579
Year of manufacture:1954
Total airframe hrs:3778 hours
Engine model:Lycoming O-290-D2
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:RAMONA, California -   United States of America
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Private
Departure airport:San Diego, CA (SEE)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
The pilot reported that after landing on a dirt strip, while taxing, the right main gear struck a large pothole. The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted.

Probable Cause: The pilot's inadvertent encounter with a pothole during taxi, after landing.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: LAX01LA056
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB LAX01LA056

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

2 January 2012 N9952Q Private 0 Astronaut Kent Rominger Airport - (8V1), Del Norte, CO sub
Runway excursion

Revision history:

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