- Date
- May 13, 1973
- Place
- Davenport, IA · DAVENPORT, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4014MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730513013589A
- Case key
- 190504
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1282 73/5/13 DAVENPORT,IOWA PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 921 TIME - 1730 N4014M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 846 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DAVENPORT MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAVENPORT,IOWA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: FROM LANDING COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED RAMP/TAXIWAY WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- R BRAKE DIAPHRAM RUPTURED,BRAKE FAILED.HIT CESSNA N4014N,CESSNA N19749 BOTH SUB DMGD.GUSTING COND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4014M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Davenport Mun
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Other investigations on N4014M · 1
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