- Date
- January 24, 1979
- Place
- Casper, WY · CASPER, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N54768Piper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report April 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790124001459A
- Case key
- 137906
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0315 79/1/24 NR.CASPER,WY PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1130 N54768 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 31, 2850 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1220 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CASPER,WY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 20000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 35 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 220 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PILOT REPORTED TAKE OFF FROM PASTURE-LIKE AREA IN WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54768
- 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 N54768 · 1
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