- Date
- March 28, 1977
- Place
- Moses Lake, WA · MOSES LAKE, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7481KPiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770328005309A
- Case key
- 157608
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0483 77/3/28 MOSES LAKE,WA PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 436 TIME - 1310 N7481K PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 161 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRANT COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YAKIMA,WA MOSES LAKE,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- LNDD TAIL FIRST.TAILWHEEL SPRING BOLT FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7481K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grant County
N7481KRegistered now · Piper PA-20-135Airframe modelPiper PA-20-135Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7481K · 1
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