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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA18S125 · Mt.Olive, MS · August 5, 1978

Date
August 5, 1978
Place
Mt.Olive, MS
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3687P
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA78DKQ36
Reported as
Piper PA18S125
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total800 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Plt inadvertently moved mixture control to cut off position whileempting to lean mixture.

As the FAA filed it

PLT INADVERTENTLY MOVED MIXTURE CONTROL TO CUT OFF POSITION WHILEEMPTING TO LEAN MIXTURE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.