- Date
- June 29, 1978
- Place
- Coalinga, CA · COALINGA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1045APiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780629016829A
- Case key
- 141212
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1465 78/6/29 COALINGA,CA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 1917 TIME - 0845 N1045A PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COALINGA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COALINGA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1045A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Coalinga
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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.