- Date
- July 9, 1977
- Place
- Pearblossom, CA · PEARBLOSSOM, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9266PPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770709017979A
- Case key
- 146559
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1330 77/7/9 NR.PEARBLOSSOM,CA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 583 TIME - 1400 N9266P PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS TOTAL HOURS, 94 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRYSTALAIRE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PEARBLOSSOM,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - LOCAL WHIRLWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE 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 LEFT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 100 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DUST DEVIL FLIPPED PA-18 OVER AS ACFT WAS TAXYING TO GLIDER TOW LINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9266P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crystalaire
N9266PRegistration cancelled Jan 29, 2018 · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.