- Date
- January 19, 1980
- Place
- Kelton, VT · KELTON, VT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3351APiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800119001919A
- Case key
- 131608
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1827 80/1/19 NR.KELTON,VT PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 43, 3300 TIME - 1315 N3351A PX- 1 0 0 HUNTING TOTAL HOURS, 2640 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TREMONTON,VT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 35 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 315 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WHILE COYOTE HUNTING,ENCTRD DWNDFT DRG CLB OVR 200FT LAVA RIM.ATMTD TURN,CRASHED BFR CLRG RIM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3351A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3351ARegistration cancelled Mar 16, 2018 · Piper PA-18A-135Airframe modelPiper PA-18A-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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Other investigations on N3351A · 1
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