- Date
- April 22, 1973
- Place
- Buffalo, WY · BUFFALO, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1449APiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report June 4, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730422009479A
- Case key
- 170612
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0860 73/4/22 NR.BUFFALO,WYO PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1630 N1449A PX- 0 0 1 AERIAL SURVEY AGE 33, 5000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 515 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUFFALO,WYO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- RAN INTO ROUGH GRND,BECAME AIRBORNE.ACFT HIT SNOW BANK. SURVEYING LIVESTOCK AFTER BLIZZARD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1449A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1449A · 1
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