- Date
- May 18, 1968
- Place
- Rifle, CO · RIFLE, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1870PPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110134
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1490 68/5/18 RIFLE,COLO PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0930 N1870P PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 24, 315 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 115 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARFIELD COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE REMARKS- PLT HAD BEEN PRACTISING BY SPRAYING WATER. WAS ADJUSTING SPRAY REGULATORS BEFORE LANDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1870P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Garfield County
N1870PRegistration cancelled Jun 3, 1976 · Piper PA-18A 150Airframe modelPiper PA-18A 150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.