- Date
- July 1, 1972
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL · JACKSONVILLE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1117CPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167755
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4103 72/7/1 JACKSONVILLE,FLA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 5020 TIME - 1300 N1117C PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRAIG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSONVILLE,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT: SIGN TOWING EQUIPMENT REMARKS- LANDD WITH TOW BANNER CAUGHT IN GEAR.DID NOT COMPENSATE FOR ADDITIONAL DRAG AND WEIGHT.LDG GR BENT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1117C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Craig
N1117CRegistered now · Piper PA-18-135Airframe modelPiper PA-18-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 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.