- Date
- April 28, 1965
- Place
- Tahoe Valley, CA · TAHOE VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1259APiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178621
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2083 65/4/28 TAHOE VALLEY CALI PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N1259A PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 37, 5700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 125 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE TAHOE MUN. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1259A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Tahoe Mun.
N1259ARegistered now · Piper PA-18-125Airframe modelPiper PA-18-125Engine modelLycoming O-360 series
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Other investigations on N1259A · 1
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