- Date
- August 25, 1981
- Place
- Palacios, TX · PALACIOS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1959APiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810825052669A
- Case key
- 125107
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1769 81/8/25 PALACIOS,TX PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 181 TIME - 0755 N1959A PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 177 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KABACAS RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALACIOS,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- MADE TURNING FLARE W PARTIAL FLAPS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1959A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kabacas Ranch
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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.