- Date
- April 20, 1965
- Place
- Laredo, TX · LAREDO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4089ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178500
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1246 65/4/20 LAREDO TEX PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 2750 TIME - 1730 N4089Z PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 1400 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAREDO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- IMPROPER OPERATION OF THROTTLE-SIMULATED EMERGENCY LANDING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4089Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Laredo