- Date
- June 13, 1973
- Place
- Quemado, TX · QUEMADO, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9786DPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730613014459A
- Case key
- 190662
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1093 73/6/13 NR.QUEMADO,TEX PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 270 TIME - 0611 N9786D PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRACKETVILLE,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- BELIEVED COYOTE HUNTING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9786D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.