- Date
- January 25, 1964
- Place
- Grass Valle, CA · GRASS VALLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9116DPiper PA18
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185660
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0230 64/1/25 GRASS VALLE CALIF PIPER PA18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1300 N9116D PX- 0 0 0 POWER/PIPELINE 38, 11500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY REMARKS- ON LANDING TO PICK UP PASSENGER PLANE NOSED OVERBECAUSE OF TEN OR TWELVE INCHES OF WET SNOW .
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9116D
- Reported as
- Piper PA18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9116DRegistered now · Piper PA-18A 150Airframe modelPiper PA-18A 150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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