- Date
- August 21, 1964
- Place
- Pecos, TX · PECOS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8892DPiper PA18A
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181866
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2580 64/8/21 PECOS TEX PIPER PA18A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 2400 TIME - 1300 N8892D PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - Z TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED WEATHER - LOCAL WHIRLWIND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8892D
- Reported as
- Piper PA18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Z
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