- Date
- May 19, 1977
- Place
- Tahoe City, CA · TAHOE CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9772DPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770519013759A
- Case key
- 158279
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1023 77/5/19 TAHOE CITY,CA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 60, 12317 TIME - 0950 N9772D PX- 0 0 0 POWER/PIPELINE TOTAL HOURS, 3406 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SACRAMENTO,CA SACRAMENTO,CA TRUCKEE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENGINE TEST RUN NORMAL AFTER ACCIDENT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9772D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9772D · 2
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