- Date
- July 9, 1967
- Place
- Bricktown, NJ · BRICKTOWN, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8559CPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115460
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2335 67/7/9 BRICKTOWN,NJ PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1145 N8559C PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING AGE 46, 4000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 150 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: RUN HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS REMARKS- PLT MISJUDGED,SNAGGED TOW BANNER ON LEFT LANDING GEAR.UNABLE TO JETTISON TOW BANNER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8559C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8559CRegistered now · Piper PA-18-135Airframe modelPiper PA-18-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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