- Date
- August 15, 1978
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM · ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N82022Piper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780815024989A
- Case key
- 140125
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2462 78/8/15 ALBUQUERQUE,NM PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 954 TIME - 1205 N82022 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALAMEDA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS LUNAS,NM ALBUQUERQUE,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- L WING STRUCK GROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82022
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Alameda
N82022Registered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine 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.
Other investigations on N82022 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC07LA099Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportTok, AKThe pilot's selection of an unsuitable takeoff area and failure to maintain clearance from trees during takeoff. Contributing to the accident were soft, muddy terrain conditions.NTSB ANC95LA079Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportFairbanks, AKThe pilot's inadvertent stall of the airplane.