- Date
- March 4, 1965
- Place
- Essex, MD · ESSEX, MD
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N253TPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report April 22, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179789
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0103 65/3/4 ESSEX MD PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 867 TIME - 1355 N253T PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EASTERN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION PILOT-FAILED TO ASSURE EXHAUST LEAK WAS ELININATED REMARKS- CARBON MONOXIDE INCAPACATION OF PILOT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N253T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Eastern
N253TRegistration cancelled Sep 19, 2011 · Piper PA-18-105 SPECIALAirframe modelPiper PA-18-105 SPECIALEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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