- Date
- April 20, 1974
- Place
- Harvard, IL · HARVARD, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4225MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report May 6, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740420011679A
- Case key
- 186278
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0871 74/4/20 HARVARD,ILL PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 697 TIME - 1345 N4225M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 485 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DACY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARVARD,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 70 190 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 21 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 30K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4225M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dacy
N4225MRegistration cancelled May 30, 2018 · Piper PA-12Airframe modelPiper PA-12Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.