- Date
- June 23, 1974
- Place
- Newton, KS · NEWTON, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4044MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740623017919A
- Case key
- 128310
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1557 74/6/23 NEWTON,KANS PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 1100 TIME - 1630 N4044M PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CANTON,KANS NEWTON,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND REMARKS- LNDD IN PLOWED WHEAT FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4044M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.