- Date
- November 4, 1978
- Place
- West Memphis, AR · WEST MEMPHIS, AR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4064MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781104033369A
- Case key
- 147489
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3023 78/11/4 WEST MEMPHIS,AR PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 455 TIME - 1357 N4064M PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEST MEMPHIS MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOUTHAVEN,MS WEST MEMPHIS,AR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- RIGHT MAIN TIRE FLAT ON LANDING,ACFT RAN OFF L SIDE OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4064M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- West Memphis Muni
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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.