- Date
- July 6, 1973
- Place
- Garland, TX · GARLAND, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1085APiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730706019809A
- Case key
- 189556
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1926 73/7/6 GARLAND,TEX PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 125 TIME - 1252 N1085A PX- 1 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AIR WEST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GARLAND,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1085A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Air West
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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.