- Date
- April 9, 1973
- Place
- Baker, NV · BAKER, NV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4075ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730409009819A
- Case key
- 170335
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0704 73/4/9 NR.BAKER,NEV PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 2381 TIME - 1100 N4075Z PX- 0 1 0 HUNTING TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELY,NEV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- COYOTE HUNTING.LOST CTL IN LOW STEEP TURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4075Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.