- Date
- November 22, 1975
- Place
- Merriman, NE · MERRIMAN, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3820ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751122037539A
- Case key
- 151791
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3496 75/11/22 NR.MERRIMAN,NE PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1010 N3820Z PX- 0 0 0 HUNTING AGE 34, 9909 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1240 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GORDON,NE LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE REMARKS- ENCTRD AN AREA OF DEEP SNOW EST TO BE APRX 24IN DEEP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3820Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3820ZRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.