- Date
- February 23, 1976
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI · MILWAUKEE, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N326TPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760223007049A
- Case key
- 149836
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0655 76/2/23 MILWAUKEE,WI PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 128 TIME - 1015 N326T PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TIMMERMAN FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILWAUKEE,WI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS REMARKS- PLT WEARING UNUSUALLY LARGE SHOES.INADVERTENTLY APLD L BRAKE WHEN MAKING RUDDER CORRECTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N326T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Timmerman Field
N326TRegistered now · Piper PA-18-105 SPECIALAirframe modelPiper PA-18-105 SPECIALEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N326T · 1
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