- Date
- April 20, 1965
- Place
- Selfridge, ND · SELFRIDGE, ND
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8178DPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179843
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0163 65/4/20 NR.SELFRIDGE N DAK PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 51, 119 TIME - 1630 N8178D PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 116 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8178D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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