- Date
- June 10, 1975
- Place
- Sparks, NV · SPARKS, NV
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8075PPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750610016459A
- Case key
- 170733
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1490 75/6/10 NR.SPARKS,NV PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 2 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0745 N8075P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 59, 3664 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 105 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RENO,NV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CREW COORDINATION-POOR REMARKS- IP ALLOWED ACFT TO DESCEND INTO GRND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8075P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8075PRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8075P · 1
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