- Date
- July 5, 1965
- Place
- Upton, WY · UPTON, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8238PPiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176990
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1996 65/7/5 UPTON WYO PIPER PA-18A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1100 N8238P PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 32, 1080 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 74 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - UPTON AIRPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA KIND OF OPERATION - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF CROP - GRAPES TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* PILOT' S SEAT BELT -*ERROR-INVALID CODE* GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8238P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Upton Airport