- Date
- September 23, 1973
- Place
- Arlington, WA · ARLINGTON, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7474DPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730923033489A
- Case key
- 188025
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3609 73/9/23 ARLINGTON,WASH PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 45, 523 TIME - 1330 N7474D PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS TOTAL HOURS, 106 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CANADAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARLINGTON,WASH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT STARTED GLIDER TOW WITH FUEL SELECTOR ON NEAR EMPTY TANK.GLIDER RELEASED AND LANDED SAFELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7474D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Canaday
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7474D · 2
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