- Date
- October 31, 1970
- Place
- Breaux Bridge, LA · BREAUX BRIDGE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3799APiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165740
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1649 70/10/31 BREAUX BRIDGE,LA PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 45, 368 TIME - 1300 N3799A PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BORDELON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BREAUX BRIDGE,LA MORGAN CITY,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INCORRECT TRIM SETTING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- HORIZ STAB TRIM IMPROPERLY SET ACCORDING TO OBS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3799A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bordelon