- Date
- April 21, 1979
- Place
- North Platte, NE · NORTH PLATTE, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N57753Piper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790421007049A
- Case key
- 135988
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0703 79/4/21 NORTH PLATTE,NE PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 761 TIME - 2400 N57753 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 33 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEE BIRD FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SIOUX FALLS,SD NORTH PLATTE,NE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DRAGGED WINGTIP,POD,OR FLOAT TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- PLT ATTEMPTED TAXI ON NON-EXISTENT TAXIWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57753
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lee Bird Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N57753 · 1
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