- Date
- October 13, 1972
- Place
- Moses Lake, WA · MOSES LAKE, WA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8143DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169105
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2741 72/10/13 MOSES LAKE,WASH PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 445 TIME - 1612 N8143D PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 103 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOSES LAKE, WASH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8143D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N8143D · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC91LA150Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportStoney River, AKThe pilot's failure to attain a proper climb. Factors in the accident were: the pilot's lack of familiarity with the airplane, his inadequate training in that model airplane, his lack of total experience, his inflight planning/decision, his overconfidence in…NTSB ANC79DAH09Accident · No injuriesClosedEureka, AK