NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CEN22LA373
Registry · N9211T
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 180C
Year of manufacture
1960 · 62 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19600129
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ACC46E
Registrant of record
SUTTON AIRCRAFT SALVAGE LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Probable cause & findings
The pilot's excessive brake application during the landing roll that resulted in a nose over.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that during a local personal flight, he decided to make an off-airport landing onto a gravel runway. Although the touchdown in the tailwheel-equipped airplane was uneventful, the pilot applied hard braking in order to minimize the landing roll on the rough terrain. As the airplane began to slow it nosed over coming to rest on its back. Both of the airplane’s wings, the fuselage and the vertical stabilizer and rudder sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12
NTSB Findings
Hierarchical cause / factor breakdown from the FAA bulk avdata database. Each finding tagged C (Cause) or F (Factor).
- — Personnel issues-Experience/knowledge-Knowledge-Knowledge of geographic area-Pilot
- — Aircraft-Aircraft oper/perf/capability-Aircraft capability-Braking capability-Capability exceeded
- — Environmental issues-Physical environment-Terrain-Rough terrain-Effect on equipment
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_2022_CEN22LA373.txt.
Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb.
Full investigation docket on
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