- Date
- April 3, 1969
- Place
- Gillette, WY · GILLETTE, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9941DPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 188186
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0962 69/4/3 GILLETTE,WYO PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 3000 TIME - 1230 N9941D PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 260 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- L TIRE BLEW OUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9941D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9941DRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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