- Date
- December 18, 1966
- Place
- Augusta, ME · AUGUSTA, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1516APiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120284
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3714 66/12/18 AUGUSTA ME PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 30 TOTAL TIME - 1310 N1516A PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AUGUSTA STATE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING REMARKS- AIRCRAFT STRUCK CORNER OF SMALL UNOCCUPIED OFFICE BUILDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1516A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Augusta State
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.