- Date
- January 18, 1968
- Place
- Pt.Pleasant, WV · PT.PLEASANT, WV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4322ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111468
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0807 68/1/18 PT.PLEASANT,W VA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, TIME - 1215 N4322Z PX- 0 0 0 FERRY UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MASON CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED AT WRONG AIRPORT FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY REMARKS- ANDED IN DEEP SNOW. ACFT NOT RADIO EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4322Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mason City
N4322ZRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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