- Date
- January 24, 1976
- Place
- Milbank, SD · MILBANK, SD
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6980DPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760124001639A
- Case key
- 152826
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0372 76/1/24 MILBANK,SD PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 40, 600 TIME - 1715 N6980D PX- 0 0 1 HUNTING TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILBANK,SD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- FOX HUNTING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6980D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6980D · 2
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