- Date
- December 21, 1977
- Place
- Sterling City, TX · STERLING CITY, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2260APiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771221040929A
- Case key
- 144382
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3872 77/12/21 STERLING CITY,TX PIPER PA-18A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 539 TIME - 1000 N2260A PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, 421 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STERLING CITY,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: AILERON AND AILERON TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- SHEEP ROUND UP-LOOSE TOOLS JAMMED CONTROL COLUMN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2260A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.