- Date
- July 25, 1970
- Place
- Crowley, LA · CROWLEY, LA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6776BPiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116084
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1001 70/7/25 CROWLEY,LA PIPER PA-18A CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 115 TIME - 1125 N6776B PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEGROS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CROWLEY,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- UNAUTH FLT BELIEVED TO BE FOR PRACTICE AERIAL APP.NO LOAD. BOTH PLTS LACKED RECENCY IN TYPE ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6776B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Legros
N6776BRegistration cancelled Sep 20, 2012 · Piper PA-18A 150Airframe modelPiper PA-18A 150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N6776B · 1
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