- Date
- June 15, 1980
- Place
- Aspen, CO · ASPEN, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N82635Piper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800615020009A
- Case key
- 130525
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1973 80/6/15 NR.ASPEN,CO PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0930 N82635 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 61, 32585 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 3005 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLORADO SPRINGS,CO ASPEN,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82635
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N82635Registered 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.