- Date
- June 14, 1973
- Place
- Black Forest, CO · BLACK FOREST, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9149DPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730614014829A
- Case key
- 190230
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1534 73/6/14 BLACK FOREST,COLO PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1050 N9149D PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS AGE 32, 545 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 122 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLACK FOREST PORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLACK FOREST,COLO LOCAL AREA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- GLIDER PLTS FIRST SOLO FLT.IMPROPER OPN OF FLT CTLS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9149D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Black Forest Port
N9149DRegistration cancelled May 22, 2013 · Piper PA-18A 150Airframe modelPiper PA-18A 150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.