- Date
- June 19, 1965
- Place
- Warsaw, IN · WARSAW, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N339TPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177533
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1676 65/6/19 WARSAW IND PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 225 TIME - 1515 N339T PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WARSAW TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N339T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Warsaw
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Other investigations on N339T · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC03LA041Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCantwell, AKThe pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area in deep snow, which resulted in the nose over of the airplane on touchdown. A factor associated with the accident was a snow-covered airstrip.NTSB ANC97LA118Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCircle, AKThe inadequate visual lookout by the pilot, and his selection of a landing area with high vegetation in the landing path. Factors which contributed to the accident were fatigue and the high vegatation.NTSB ANC95LA128Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCircle, AKThe pilot's premature liftoff during takeoff.NTSB ANC89LA166Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCircle City, AKPilot failed to maintain directional during the landing roll.