- Date
- October 28, 1973
- Place
- Lusk, WY · LUSK, WY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8579CPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731028034959A
- Case key
- 188388
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3109 73/10/28 LUSK,WYO PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 37, 325 TIME - 1535 N8579C PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LUSK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LUSK,WYO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- NO EVIDENCE OF DUAL IN TYPE ACFT. BUZZED RWY & MADE STEEP PULL UP TO STALL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8579C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lusk
N8579CRegistered now · Piper PA-18-135Airframe modelPiper PA-18-135Engine 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.