- Date
- July 4, 1981
- Place
- Johnson City, TX · JOHNSON CITY, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9775PPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810704041329A
- Case key
- 124934
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1546 81/7/4 NR.JOHNSON CITY,TX PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 40, TIME - 1700 N9775P PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 143 TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BYRAM RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JOHNSON CITY,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- D/A APRX 3500FT.WND GSTG 15KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9775P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Byram Ranch
N9775PRegistration cancelled Mar 24, 2015 · 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.