- Date
- February 2, 1969
- Place
- Yreka, CA · YREKA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7665DPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191708
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0331 69/2/2 YREKA,CALIF PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 950 TIME - 1630 N7665D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 350 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YREKA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND REMARKS- HIT WIND SOCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7665D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Yreka
N7665DRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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