- Date
- November 3, 1974
- Place
- Patten, ME · PATTEN, ME
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3696ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report January 9, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741103040459A
- Case key
- 142887
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3883 74/11/3 PATTEN,ME PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 2472 TIME - 0700 N3696Z PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 304 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHIN POND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PATTEN,ME CHANDLER POND,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE REMARKS- AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED AS SEAPLANE,FROST ON WINGS,LEFT WING STALLED AFTER LIFT OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3696Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shin Pond
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.