- Date
- May 19, 1979
- Place
- Oelrichs, SD · OELRICHS, SD
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N240TPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790519013109A
- Case key
- 136029
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0770 79/5/19 OELRICHS,SD PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 31, TIME - 1630 N240T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OELRICHS,SD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- EXPIRED STUDENT CERTIFICATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N240T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N240TRegistration cancelled Jul 14, 2009 · Piper PA-18Airframe modelPiper PA-18Engine modelLycoming 0-235 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.