- Date
- January 25, 1970
- Place
- Altamont, SD · ALTAMONT, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1256APiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report July 24, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 143574
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0526 70/1/25 ALTAMONT,S DAK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 416 TIME - 1700 N1256A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 210 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALTAMONT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALTAMONT,S DAK ALTAMONT,S DAK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT SWITCHED FROM EMPTY TANK TO FULL TANK JUST PRIOR TO T/O,STEEP CLIMB ANGLE RESTRICTED FUEL FLOW
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1256A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Altamont
N1256ARegistration cancelled Jun 26, 2009 · Piper PA-18-125Airframe modelPiper PA-18-125Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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Other investigations on N1256A · 1
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