- Date
- January 11, 1973
- Place
- Mclaughlin, SD · MCLAUGHLIN, SD
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8176DPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report November 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730111000219A
- Case key
- 169677
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3037 73/1/11 NR.MCLAUGHLIN S DAK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 1500 TIME - 0900 N8176D PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCLAUGHLIN MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOBRIDGE,S DAK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- COYOTE HUNTING THROTTLED BACK BEGAN TURN ADDED PWR DUE RISING TRRN ENG SPUTTERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8176D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mclaughlin Mun
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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.
Other investigations on N8176D · 2
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