- Date
- February 5, 1965
- Place
- Ayer, MA · AYER, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N10131Piper PA18
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180735
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0222 65/2/5 AYER MASS PIPER PA18 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1408 N10131 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 35, 408 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 99 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FORT DEVENS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10131
- Reported as
- Piper PA18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fort Devens
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