- Date
- May 26, 1965
- Place
- Chandeleur Is, LA · CHANDELEUR IS, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4051ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177904
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1327 65/5/26 CHANDELEUR IS LA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 1980 TIME - 1200 N4051Z PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND REMARKS- OFF AIRPORT OPERATION-SOFT SANDY TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4051Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage