- Date
- September 9, 1978
- Place
- Canaan, CT · CANAAN, CT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5980DPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780909029819A
- Case key
- 139863
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2953 78/9/9 CANAAN,CT PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 53, 892 TIME - 1230 N5980D PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS TOTAL HOURS, 292 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CANAAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CANAAN,CT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND LATERAL 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- PLT RPTD UN RETURN CONTROL STICK TO NEUTRAL POSITION.WIND GUSTS TO 25KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5980D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Canaan
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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.