- Date
- July 14, 1979
- Place
- Bath, SD · BATH, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N40359Piper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 134218
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2758 79/7/14 NR.BATH,SD PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 310 TIME - 1330 N40359 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BATH,SD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- UNABLE TO GET FOOT ON HEEL BRAKE IN TIME TO PREVENT SWERVE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40359
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private