- Date
- September 23, 1973
- Place
- Mojave, CA · MOJAVE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9907DPiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730923030239A
- Case key
- 188639
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2576 73/9/23 MOJAVE,CALIF PIPER PA-18A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1230 N9907D PX- 0 0 1 TOWING GLIDERS AGE 30, 2647 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 236 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOJAVE-KERN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOJAVE,CALIF TEHACHAPI,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 70 260 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 40 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ENCOUNTERED GUSTY WIND COND ON TKOF.GLIDER IN TOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9907D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mojave-Kern
N9907DRegistration cancelled Jan 24, 1977 · Piper PA-18A 150Airframe modelPiper PA-18A 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.