- Date
- October 31, 1976
- Place
- El Cajon, CA · EL CAJON, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N14321Piper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761031034729A
- Case key
- 155964
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3075 76/10/31 EL CAJON,CA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 21, 1765 TIME - 1630 N14321 PX- 0 0 0 FISH SPOTTING TOTAL HOURS, 39 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAMPS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL CAJON,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE REMARKS- 8 HR FLT. WG HIT SHACK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14321
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lamps Field
N14321Registered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine 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.