- Date
- January 6, 1968
- Place
- Douglas, WY · DOUGLAS, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N474GFPiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report February 29, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112160
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0023 68/1/6 DOUGLAS,WYO PIPER PA-18A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 235 TIME - 1130 N474GF PX- 0 0 1 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOUGLAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY REMARKS- ACFT HIT SNOWDRIFT,SWERVED,STRUCK RNWY LT. PLT FAILED TO CHECK SNOW DEPTH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N474GF
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Douglas