- Date
- October 11, 1966
- Place
- Coulee City, WA · COULEE CITY, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1883PPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120416
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3888 66/10/11 COULEE CITY WASH PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 47, 16 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N1883P PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- TOO RAPID ACCELERATION OF THROTTLE FOR TAKEOFF DURING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING. ACFT OVERRAN RUNWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1883P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1883PRegistered now · Piper PA-18A 150Airframe modelPiper PA-18A 150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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