- Date
- June 15, 1978
- Place
- Lake Winnebego, WI · LAKE WINNEBEGO, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9843QPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780615022769A
- Case key
- 140723
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2306 78/6/15 LAKE WINNEBEGO,WI PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 535 TIME - 2045 N9843Q PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE WINNEBEGO,WI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF REMARKS- FLOAT EQPD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9843Q
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9843QRegistered now · Piper PA-18-135Airframe modelPiper PA-18-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9843Q · 1
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