- Date
- May 4, 1965
- Place
- Sierra Blanca, TX · SIERRA BLANCA, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4088ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177878
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1275 65/5/4 SIERRA BLANCA TEX PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1105 N4088Z PX- 0 0 1 OTHER PUBLIC 41, 8500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1540 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND REMARKS- BORDER PATROL FLIGHT, OFF AIRPORT OPERATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4088Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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