- Date
- August 28, 1974
- Place
- Hawkins, TX · HAWKINS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8999Piper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740828029629A
- Case key
- 136916
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2643 74/8/28 HAWKINS,TEX PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 7372 TIME - 1515 N8999 PX- 0 0 0 POWER/PIPELINE TOTAL HOURS, 6200 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TEXARKANA,ARK LANCASTER,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- OBS PWR LINES,DIDNT SEE TREE. DMGD GR ON IMPACT,COLLAPSED DRG LDG IN FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8999
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.