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FAA accident report · Piper PA18 · Elko, NV · May 31, 1979

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

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Date
May 31, 1979 · 10:00 local
Place
Elko, NV
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1869A
NTSB investigation
NTSBOAK79DXQ16
Reported as
Piper PA18
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
120 total35 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N1869ARegistered now · Piper PA-18AS-125S/N 18-1697 · Built 1952Airframe modelPiper PA-18AS-125Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series4 cycle

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.

Aircraft bounced and crashed on an attempted go around.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND CRASHED ON AN ATTEMPTED GO AROUND.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB OAK79DXQ16Accident · No injuriesClosedElko, NVMay 31, 1979 · Destroyed