- Date
- October 19, 1973
- Place
- Santee, CA · SANTEE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7248KPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731019032829A
- Case key
- 188233
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3210 73/10/19 SANTEE,CALIF PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 55, 78 TOTAL TIME - 1045 N7248K PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 42 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GILLESPIE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTEE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- RAN INTO DRAINAGE DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7248K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gillespie
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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.