- Date
- November 29, 1974
- Place
- Gadsden, AL · GADSDEN, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6715CPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741129039859A
- Case key
- 142928
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3842 74/11/29 GADSDEN,ALA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 20, 533 TIME - 1330 N6715C PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GADSDEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GADSDEN,ALA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BOGUS PART REMARKS- TAIL WHL SPRING ATTACH FITTINGS REPLACED WITH OPEN-ENDED S-HOOKS.PLT RPTD SPRING CAME OFF IN FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6715C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gadsden
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6715C · 1
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