- Date
- July 2, 1972
- Place
- Adairsville, GA · ADAIRSVILLE, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N234TPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167746
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4005 72/7/2 ADAIRSVILLE,GA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 54, 591 TIME - 1745 N234T PX- 0 0 0 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ADVISORY TOTAL HOURS, 108 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TOM B DAVIS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARIETTA,GA ADAIRSVILLE,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 4500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 87 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 240 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- DUE TO A LOCAL TSTM,PLT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LDG IN A PASTURE-ROLLING WITH TALL GRASS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N234T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tom B Davis Field
N234TRegistered now · Piper PA-18-105 SPECIALAirframe modelPiper PA-18-105 SPECIALEngine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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Other investigations on N234T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.