- Date
- December 21, 1978
- Place
- Pinon, AZ · PINON, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2883ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781221039529A
- Case key
- 138585
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3660 78/12/21 PINON,AZ PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 400 TIME - 1250 N2883Z PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 266 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLAGSTAFF,AZ PINON,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN REMARKS- PREPARED STRIP MUDDY & BADLY RUTTED,PILOT ELECTED TO LND ON ROAD,HIT SIGN & ROLLED INTO OFFRAMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2883Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2883ZRegistered now · Piper PA-18A 150Airframe modelPiper PA-18A 150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2883Z · 1
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