- Date
- November 14, 1965
- Place
- Moriah, NC · MORIAH, NC
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1856PPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175483
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0682 65/11/14 MORIAH NC PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 2 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 2487 TIME - 1215 N1856P PX- 0 0 0 POLICE PATROL TOTAL HOURS, 2108 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- PILOT CIRCLING AREA TO DIRECT POLICE TOWARD ILLEGAL HUNTER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1856P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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