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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Susanville, CA · March 28, 1980

Date
March 28, 1980 · 14:05 local
Place
Susanville, CA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9772D
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80FA069
Reported as
Piper PA18150
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total6,500 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Steep climbing turn, low altitude. Nosed into ground. Possible high-speed stall from attempted acrobatic manuever.

As the FAA filed it

STEEP CLIMBING TURN, LOW ALTITUDE. NOSED INTO GROUND. POSSIBLE HIGH-SPEED STALL FROM ATTEMPTED ACROBATIC MANUEVER.

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N9772D · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.