- Date
- March 31, 1968
- Place
- Ft.Meyers, FL · FT.MEYERS, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8659CPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111190
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0853 68/3/31 FT.MEYERS,FLA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 47, 12 TOTAL TIME - 0810 N8659C PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PAGE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- NO DUAL CHECKOUT IN CONVENTIONAL GEAR ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8659C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Page
N8659CRegistered now · Piper PA-18A-135Airframe modelPiper PA-18A-135Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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.