- Date
- February 18, 1966
- Place
- Summit, SD · SUMMIT, SD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6980DPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172732
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1185 66/2/18 SUMMIT S DAK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 1844 TIME - 1630 N6980D PX- 0 0 1 HUNTING TOTAL HOURS, 685 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: TO TAKEOFF GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6980D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N6980D · 2
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