- Date
- July 15, 1966
- Place
- Stanwood, IA · STANWOOD, IA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5697YPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201491
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0463 66/7/15 NR.STANWOOD IOWA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 957 TIME - 1215 N5697Y PX- 0 0 0 POLICE PATROL TOTAL HOURS, 877 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DURING A TURN,IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKE OFF FROM A FARM FIELD,THE LEFT WING TIP STRUCK RISING TERRAIN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5697Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed