- Date
- August 1, 1965
- Place
- Big Lake, TX · BIG LAKE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8740CPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176485
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2157 65/8/1 BIG LAKE TEX PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 32, 19 TOTAL TIME - 1100 N8740C PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIG LAKE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DRAGGED WINGTIP,POD,OR FLOAT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) LDG GR-NOSE GEAR TIRE WAS DEFLATED PRIOR TO LDNG
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8740C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Big Lake
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