- Date
- April 3, 1977
- Place
- Calistoga, CA · CALISTOGA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3370ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report May 6, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770403007069A
- Case key
- 157617
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0490 77/4/3 CALISTOGA,CA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 1267 TIME - 1030 N3370Z PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CALISTOGA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALISTOGA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- WIND 10KTS GUSTING TO 20.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3370Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Calistoga
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.