- Date
- July 20, 1972
- Place
- Wapato, WA · WAPATO, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4930HPiper PA-11
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168132
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2575 72/7/20 WAPATO,WASH PIPER PA-11 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 775 TIME - 1410 N4930H PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 728 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TOPPENISH WASH YAKIMA WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 95 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS BEHIND THE AIRPLANE INDICATED A LOSS OF CONTROL OR OVER CONTROL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4930H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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