- Date
- March 23, 1976
- Place
- Ft Lauderdale, FL · FT LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4388APiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report May 6, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760323006559A
- Case key
- 153126
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0624 76/3/23 FT LAUDERDALE,FL PIPER PA-18A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 21, 2100 TIME - 1330 N4388A PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING TOTAL HOURS, 800 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EXECUTIVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT LAUDERDALE,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 75 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 340 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- AFTR COMPLETING LNDG ACFT BLEW OVR BFR GND PERSONNEL COULD SECURE ACFT.WIND GUSTING 30K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4388A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Executive
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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.