Dakota S18-160 N811RD

Summary

On 7 August 2020 at about 18:10 local time, a Dakota S18-160 registered N811RD was involved in an accident near Modena, New York, United States. 2 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

7 August 2020 at 18:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Modena, New York, United States

Nearest airport

Old Orchard Airpark (2NK9)

Coordinates

41.6572, -74.0772

Aircraft

Dakota S18-160

Registration

N811RD

Category

Airplane

Year built

2019

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Modena → Modena

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA20CA279

1 person had minor injuries.

The passenger's inadvertent application of the rear 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

According to the pilot, he was landing after a local flight with a passenger seated in the rear seat of the tail-wheel equipped airplane. During touchdown the airplane started to nose over, and the pilot realized that the passenger had his feet on the brakes. He yelled at the passenger to get his feet off the brakes, but it was too late to prevent the airplane from nosing over. The airplane flipped over inverted and came to a complete stop. Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed that the vertical stabilizer was buckled. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.