- Date
- June 21, 1966
- Place
- Elgin, ND · ELGIN, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8995DPiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171039
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2615 66/6/21 NR.ELGIN N DAK PIPER PA-18A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 346 TIME - 1530 N8995D PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 84 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- PILOT WAS OPERATING FROM NARROW GRAVEL ROAD WITH DOWNWARD SLOPE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8995D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N8995D · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC02LA085Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPort Alsworth, AKThe pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions during the landing roll, resulting in a nose over. A factor associated with the accident was a wind gust.NTSB ANC96LA116Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportTyonek, AKThe pilot's improper approach to landing, and his delay in initiating a go-around.