- Date
- January 1, 1973
- Place
- Burnsville, NC · BURNSVILLE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N252TPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730101004699A
- Case key
- 169671
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0403 73/1/1 BURNSVILLE,NC PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 335 TIME - 1200 N252T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SILVER CREEK,NC. BURNSVILLE,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- PLT ATTEMPTED LANDING ON UNIMPROVED ROAD,WHEEL STRUCK DITCH,ACFT NOSED OVR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N252T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.