- Date
- August 10, 1970
- Place
- Beckwourth, CA · BECKWOURTH, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3749ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report April 15, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113968
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2733 70/8/10 BECKWOURTH,CALIF PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0700 N3749Z PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 32, 3757 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 120 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BECKWOURTH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BECKWOURTH,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- MADE LOW PASS,PULLED UP IN STEEP CLIMBING TURN AND STALLED.HIT GND AT STEEP ANGLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3749Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Beckwourth
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