- Date
- May 3, 1974
- Place
- Park, KS · PARK, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N14303Piper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report June 4, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740503013099A
- Case key
- 186283
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0878 74/5/3 PARK,KANS PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 1400 TIME - 1530 N14303 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SMITH PRIVATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAKLEY,KANS PARK,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 60 KIND OF OPERATION - FERRY PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - BELLY REMARKS- DUE RUF SURFACE LIFTED OFF TO TOUCH FURTHER DWN.ACFT FLOATED PLT INITIATED GO-AROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14303
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Smith Private
N14303Registered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N14303 · 1
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