19800605018579A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Newport Beach, CA · June 5, 1980

Date
June 5, 1980 · 17:27 local
Place
Newport Beach, CA
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N54986
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80FA105
Reported as
Piper PA18150
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
367 total9 in this make and model28 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Indicates pilot exceeded load limits of aircraft in acrobatic mode. Airplane shed its wings & crashed in ocean.

As the FAA filed it

INDICATES PILOT EXCEEDED LOAD LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT IN ACROBATIC MODE. AIRPLANE SHED ITS WINGS & CRASHED IN OCEAN.

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 N54986 · 1

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