- Date
- March 18, 1969
- Place
- Flagler, CO · FLAGLER, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1258CPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 5, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184816
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1725 69/3/18 FLAGLER,COLO PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 1600 TIME - 1120 N1258C PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 650 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLAGLER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- HEAD OF EXHAUST VALVE IN RT REAR CYLINDER BROKE OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1258C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flagler
N1258CRegistered now · Piper PA-18-135Airframe modelPiper PA-18-135Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N1258C · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB GAA17CA275Accident · Serious injuriesData collectionFinal reportSeward, AKThe flight instructor's incorrect brake application during a high-speed taxi with a tailwind, which resulted in a nose-over.NTSB GAA16CA264Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportSeward, AKThe pilot receiving instruction's failure to maintain proper airspeed and descent rate, and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action during the landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing and landing gear collapse.NTSB ANC11CA076Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportColdfoot, AKThe pilot's inadvertent application of the right brake pedal during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose-over.