- Date
- July 14, 1979
- Place
- Castroville, TX · CASTROVILLE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N57795Piper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790714022759A
- Case key
- 135231
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1882 79/7/14 CASTROVILLE,TX PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 2679 TIME - 1500 N57795 PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS TOTAL HOURS, 87 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CASTROVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CASTROVILLE,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- OFF AIRPORT LNDG TO RETRIEVE GLIDER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57795
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Castroville
N57795Registration cancelled Jun 8, 2018 · 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.