- Date
- August 23, 1975
- Place
- Stuttgart, AR · STUTTGART, AR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N115TPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750823034439A
- Case key
- 151142
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3179 75/8/23 NR.STUTTGART,AR PIPER PA-18 CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 338 TIME - 1545 N115T PX- 0 0 0 CHECK TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STUTTGART,AR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE CHECK PILOT - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) CHECK PILOT - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: END PLATES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POOR WELD PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- CK PLT CO LVL 15%.OTR PLT HAD 20% WITH BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 59MG%.RECOVERY DATE 8/24/75.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N115T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N115TRegistration cancelled Dec 5, 1975 · Piper PA-18-105 SPECIALAirframe modelPiper PA-18-105 SPECIAL
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.