- Date
- July 23, 1979
- Place
- Spruce Head, ME · SPRUCE HEAD, ME
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3194ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790723021629A
- Case key
- 134751
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2219 79/7/23 SPRUCE HEAD,ME PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 259 TIME - 0845 N3194Z PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 128 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OCEAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPRUCE HEAD,ME LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3194Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ocean
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3194Z · 1
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