- Date
- May 31, 1979
- Place
- Elko, NV · ELKO, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1869APiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790531015579A
- Case key
- 143485
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1348 79/5/31 NR.ELKO,NV PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 120 TIME - 1000 N1869A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELKO,NV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1869A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N1869ARegistered now · Piper PA-18AS-125Airframe modelPiper PA-18AS-125Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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