- Date
- August 6, 1983, 11:16 local (18:16 UTC)
- Place
- Flagstaff, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7699YPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830806039419A
- Case key
- 23814
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that during a pleasure flt, when he was flying over rising terrain north of Flagstaff, AZ, he realized a need for more altitude. He turned toward a downhill direction, but the acft crashed into the tree tops when he was unable to maintain airspeed & clearance. Later the aircraft was reported as missing, a search was begun. The seriously injured plt & acft were found the next morning. The plt had scratched personal notes to his family which included a message that read 'low plus slow, stalled & spin.' The elevation of the crash site was aprx 9000 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7699Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-8313
- Airframe hours
- 981
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dale Little & Norman Stewart
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · March 6, 1983
- Departed
- FLG · Flagstaff, AZ
- Airport
- FLG · Pulliam
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 765 total · 9 in this make and model · 640 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLG, 12 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7699Y · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.