- Date
- August 20, 1978
- Place
- Conroe, TX · CONROE, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N57551Piper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780820027449A
- Case key
- 139739
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2743 78/8/20 CONROE,TX PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 309 TIME - 1915 N57551 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - C.H.UNDERWOOD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CONROE,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57551
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- C.H.Underwood
N57551Registration cancelled Oct 30, 2021 · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.