- Date
- August 9, 1981
- Place
- Colts Neck, NJ · COLTS NECK, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6879BPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810809063779A
- Case key
- 124068
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2886 81/8/9 COLTS NECK,NJ PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 2462 TIME - 1215 N6879B PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 496 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLTS NECK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLTS NECK,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SWITCHES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUNDED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- MAG SWITCH GROUNDED IN ALL PSNS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6879B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Colts Neck
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.