- Date
- September 16, 1965
- Place
- Slidell, LA · SLIDELL, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7187ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175545
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2681 65/9/16 SLIDELL LA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 17478 TIME - 1130 N7187Z PX- 0 0 1 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 7000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SLIDELL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF REMARKS- FLOAT-EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT PURPOSELY LANDED ON AIRPORT FOR MAINTENANCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7187Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Slidell
N7187ZRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming O-360 series
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