- Date
- December 28, 1975
- Place
- Tulelake, CA · TULELAKE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N1452CPiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751228041619A
- Case key
- 152231
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3912 75/12/28 NR.TULELAKE,CA PIPER PA-18A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 19, TIME - 1100 N1452C PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, 93 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TULELAKE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUCTIONS-MISINTERPRETED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT THOUGHT PAX,A MILITARY PLT,WAS ON CTLS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1452C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- 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.