- Date
- July 29, 1979
- Place
- Colorado Spngs, CO · COLORADO SPNGS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N33CBPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report January 9, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790729020269A
- Case key
- 134765
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3375 79/7/29 COLORADO SPNGS,CO PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1520 N33CB PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS AGE 28, 843 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 224 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLACK FOREST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLORADO SPNGS,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 55 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33CB
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Black Forest
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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.