- Date
- June 19, 1969
- Place
- Sterling City, TX · STERLING CITY, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3833ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174876
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1784 69/6/19 STERLING CITY,TEX PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 325 TIME - 0730 N3833Z PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 255 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- PLT REPORTED BRAKES WERE WEAK. LANDED IN PASTURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3833Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3833ZRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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