- Date
- September 12, 1981
- Place
- Williamson, GA · WILLIAMSON, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4083ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810912059759A
- Case key
- 123711
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1890 81/9/12 WILLIAMSON,GA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1515 N4083Z PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS AGE 19, 579 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 58 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PEACH STATE GULFP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLIAMSON,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4083Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Peach State Gulfp
N4083ZRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.