- Date
- July 4, 1970
- Place
- Fielding, UT · FIELDING, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1249APiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121252
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2914 70/7/4 NR.FIELDING,UT PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 239 TIME - 1400 N1249A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 76 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TREMONTON,UT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- ATMTD LDG ON ROAD,LOST CTL,WHEELS RAN INTO HIGH WHEAT,ACFT UNABLE TO CLIMB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1249A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1249ARegistered now · Piper PA-18-125Airframe modelPiper PA-18-125Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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Other investigations on N1249A · 2
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