- Date
- September 4, 1965
- Place
- Z · Z, UN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N8763CPiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175892
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1050 65/9/4 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTEDPIPER PA-18A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 101 TIME - UNK/NR N8763C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- AIRCRAFT MISSING ENROUTE FROM CHICO TO FT BRAGG CALIF.DAMAGE AND INJURIES PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8763C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8763CRegistration cancelled Nov 21, 2017 · Piper PA-18A-135Airframe modelPiper PA-18A-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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