- Date
- November 26, 1977
- Place
- Bellevue, WA · BELLEVUE, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2LBPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771126036169A
- Case key
- 145681
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3597 77/11/26 BELLEVUE,WA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 17, 139 TIME - 0940 N2LB PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BELLEVUE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEATTLE,WA BELLEVUE,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- 2ND SOLO IN TAILWHEEL-EQUIPPED ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2LB
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bellevue
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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.