- Date
- June 7, 1973
- Place
- Wentzville, MO · WENTZVILLE, MO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N13879Piper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730607015249A
- Case key
- 190657
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1089 73/6/7 WENTZVILLE,MO PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 500 TIME - 2200 N13879 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WENTZVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WENTZVILLE,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= REMARKS- UNAUTH FLT.HIT PRKD ACFT DURNG TAXI.LOST CTL IN STEEP LOW ALT PULL UP.BLOOD ALC LVL.0452 GM/100 ML
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13879
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wentzville
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.