- Date
- October 15, 1972
- Place
- Bayou Chene, LA · BAYOU CHENE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1860PPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168526
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2716 72/10/15 BAYOU CHENE,LA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 70 TOTAL TIME - 1230 N1860P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTWEGO,LA BAYOU CHENE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- FLOAT EQPTD.STEP TAXI FRM LDG,UN NEGOTIATE TURN IN BAYOU,TKOF ATMTD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1860P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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