- Date
- February 9, 1974
- Place
- Loleta, CA · LOLETA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N131TPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740209004859A
- Case key
- 186891
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0402 74/2/9 LOLETA,CALIF PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 340 TIME - 1205 N131T PX- 0 1 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EUREKA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FIGURE-8 MANEUVER,STEEP BANK,LOW ALT.OBSERVING VEHICLE STUCK IN SURF.77LBS OVER GWT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N131T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N131TRegistration cancelled Apr 12, 1974 · Piper PA-18-105 SPECIALAirframe modelPiper PA-18-105 SPECIAL
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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.