- Date
- July 31, 1971
- Place
- Fort Sill, OK · FORT SILL, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6482DPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162862
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2925 71/7/31 FORT SILL,OKLA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 59 TOTAL TIME - 1225 N6482D PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HENRY POST AIRFLD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT SILL,OKLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- OVERCORRECTED,GND LOOPED.L WING TIP DMGD.3HRS IN TAIL-WHEEL ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6482D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Henry Post Airfld
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.