- Date
- December 27, 1970
- Place
- Old Forge, NY · OLD FORGE, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1198CPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159602
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4517 70/12/27 OLD FORGE,NY PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 109 TIME - 1430 N1198C PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 72 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OLD FORGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OLD FORGE,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1198C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Old Forge
N1198CRegistration cancelled Jun 18, 2013 · Piper PA-18-135Airframe modelPiper PA-18-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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Other investigations on N1198C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.