- Date
- May 31, 1980
- Place
- Santaquin, UT · SANTAQUIN, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6798APiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800531016819A
- Case key
- 130564
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2137 80/5/31 SANTAQUIN,UT PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 361 TIME - 1700 N6798A PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PROVO,UT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT STATED LOOKING OUTSIDE ACFT WHILE SWITCHING TANKS,SELECTED OFF POS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6798A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- 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.
Other investigations on N6798A · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW93FA032Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportUvalde, TXClearance not maintained by pilot in command.NTSB FTW86LRG14Accident · No injuriesFinal reportUvalde, TXThe acft collided with mesquite brush during a landing on a ranch airstrip. The plt overcorrected and the acft touched down in a crab to the right. The plt applied the brakes & the acft nosed over.