- Date
- July 28, 1980
- Place
- Sacramento, CA · SACRAMENTO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9270DPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800728030649A
- Case key
- 129938
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1435 80/7/28 SACRAMENTO,CA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1645 N9270D PX- 0 0 1 POWER/PIPELINE AGE 49, 7742 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 40 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SACRAMENTO EXEC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SACRAMENTO,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9270D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sacramento Exec
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9270D · 1
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