- Date
- March 12, 1975
- Place
- Wamsutter, WY · WAMSUTTER, WY
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2599PPiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report April 22, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750312005359A
- Case key
- 147754
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0508 75/3/12 NR.WAMSUTTER,WY PIPER PA-18A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 3840 TIME - 1645 N2599P PX- 0 1 0 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RAWLINS,WY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 3/13/75. SEARCHING FOR SHEEP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2599P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.