- Date
- August 17, 1975
- Place
- Tacoma, WA · TACOMA, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4270ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750817029039A
- Case key
- 150148
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2367 75/8/17 TACOMA,WA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 629 TIME - 1220 N4270Z PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPANAWAY,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- RECOVERED FRM SOUND 9/22/75. OCCUPANTS OBS WAVING JUST PRIOR TO STEEP RT TURN & STALL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4270Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4270Z · 1
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