- Date
- December 16, 1976
- Place
- Millinocket, ME · MILLINOCKET, ME
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1340APiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761216038169A
- Case key
- 156502
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4122 76/12/16 NR.MILLINOCKET,ME PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 40, 360 TIME - 1230 N1340A PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 180 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WADLEIGH POND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILLINOCKET,ME LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT STALLED ABT 40 FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1340A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wadleigh 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.