- Date
- October 5, 1968
- Place
- Tucson, AZ · TUCSON, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4365ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107779
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3416 68/10/5 TUCSON,ARIZ PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 9000 TIME - 1400 N4365Z PX- 1 0 0 POWER/PIPELINE TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-10/8/68. POWER LINE PATROL.RESIDENTS REPTD TURBULENCE IN AREA OF ACCIDENT ON 10/5/68
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4365Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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