- Date
- January 20, 1975
- Place
- Coulee City, WA · COULEE CITY, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3297BPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750120000799A
- Case key
- 146865
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0154 75/1/20 COULEE CITY,WA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 218 TIME - 1039 N3297B PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COULEE CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CHELAN,WA EPHRATA,WA COULEE CITY,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY REMARKS- 1 FT SNOW ON RWY.PLT TRIED GO ARND ABT 10FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3297B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Coulee City
N3297BRegistered now · Piper PA-18A-135Airframe modelPiper PA-18A-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.