- Date
- May 25, 1975
- Place
- Moclips, WA · MOCLIPS, WA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9047YPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 8, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750525015799A
- Case key
- 149077
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2633 75/5/25 MOCLIPS,WA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 289 TIME - 1345 N9047Y PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 193 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAK HARBOR,WA MOCLIPS,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- LOW PASS OVR BEACH TO ATTRACT ATTENTION OF FAMILY.LOST CTL IN LEFT TURN OVR OCEAN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9047Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9047YRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.