- Date
- August 12, 1977
- Place
- Pocahontas, IA · POCAHONTAS, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2371APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report October 11, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770812024669A
- Case key
- 146393
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2444 77/8/12 POCAHONTAS,IA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 120 TIME - 1220 N2371A PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 69 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POCAHONTAS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHAMBERLAIN,SD POCAHONTAS,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2371A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pocahontas
N2371ARegistered now · Piper PA-22-135Airframe modelPiper PA-22-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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