- Date
- July 16, 1973
- Place
- Storm Lake, IA · STORM LAKE, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4484ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730716021809A
- Case key
- 189672
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1693 73/7/16 STORM LAKE,IOWA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 31, 318 TIME - 1515 N4484Z PX- 0 0 0 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ADVISORY TOTAL HOURS, 243 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STORM LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STORM LAKE,IOWA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: OTHER REMARKS- STRUCK RNWY MARKER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4484Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Storm Lake
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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.