- Date
- March 9, 1970
- Place
- Wappinger Fall, NY · WAPPINGER FALL, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N7093BPiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 136773
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1014 70/3/9 WAPPINGER FALL,NY PIPER PA-18A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N7093B PX- 0 0 0 POWER/PIPELINE AGE 32, 8720 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 5000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DUTCHESS COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WALLKILL,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: EMERGENCY DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: OTHER SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 315 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- BATTERY BOX COVER DISLODGED GRNDD BATTERY,RADIO ANTENNA WIRE.ELECTRIC ARC FAILED ELEV UP CABLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7093B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dutchess County
N7093BRegistered now · Piper PA-18A 150Airframe modelPiper PA-18A 150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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