- Date
- July 16, 1969
- Place
- Rebecca, GA · REBECCA, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N2261APiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167164
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3310 69/7/16 REBECCA,GA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 1104 TIME - 0930 N2261A PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 44 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION REBECCA,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND STATIC: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ENGINE LOADED UP REMARKS- CHECKING MAGS,ENG BACKFIRED. ACFT LOADED WITH SULPHUR CAUGHT FIRE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2261A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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