- Date
- May 11, 1978
- Place
- Syracuse, NY · SYRACUSE, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N83679Piper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780511009229A
- Case key
- 142048
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1879 78/5/11 SYRACUSE,NY PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1255 N83679 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 27, 965 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 9 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SYRACUSE-HANDCOCK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SYRACUSE,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83679
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Syracuse-Handcock
N83679Registered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N83679 · 1
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