- Date
- August 9, 1969
- Place
- Columbia, IL · COLUMBIA, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3581ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162139
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3466 69/8/9 COLUMBIA,ILL PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 971 TIME - 0855 N3581Z PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING TOTAL HOURS, 65 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KINGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBIA,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- DROPPED PICK UP HOOK,TURNED DWNWIND.ACFT OBSVD IN L TURN,BANK ANGLE INCREASED,ACFT DSCNDD NOSE DWN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3581Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kings
N3581ZRegistration cancelled Jul 12, 2018 · Piper PA-18Airframe modelPiper PA-18Engine modelContinental C90 series
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