- Date
- August 13, 1978
- Place
- Caddo Mills, TX · CADDO MILLS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9720PPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780813033739A
- Case key
- 139250
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3207 78/8/13 CADDO MILLS,TX PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1300 N9720P PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS AGE 21, 1034 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 48 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CADDO MILLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CADDO MILLS,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 FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 90 150 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9720P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Caddo Mills
N9720PRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9720P · 1
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