- Date
- August 22, 1978
- Place
- Alpine, TX · ALPINE, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N206TPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780822024319A
- Case key
- 140009
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2256 78/8/22 ALPINE,TX PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 609 TIME - 1550 N206T PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALPINE MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CASTROVILLE,TX ALPINE,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RUNWAY CLOSED REMARKS- PLT ELECTED TO LAND ON CLOSED RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N206T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Alpine Municipal
N206TRegistered now · Piper PA-18-105 SPECIALAirframe modelPiper PA-18-105 SPECIALEngine modelLycoming 0-235 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.