- Date
- January 8, 1966
- Place
- Littleton, CO · LITTLETON, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7168KPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173927
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0039 66/1/8 LITTLETON COLO PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 42 TOTAL TIME - 1130 N7168K PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, NOT INSTRUMENT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLUMBINE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7168K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Columbine
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Other investigations on N7168K · 1
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