- Date
- September 15, 1978
- Place
- Sacramento, CA · SACRAMENTO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6881BPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780915027639A
- Case key
- 140165
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2518 78/9/15 SACRAMENTO,CA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 62, 1978 TIME - 1410 N6881B PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SACRAMENTO EXECUT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS BANOS,CA SACRAMENTO,CA 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 FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER BRIEFING - FORECASTER TO PILOT WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 87 290 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 9 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6881B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sacramento Execut
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.