- Date
- October 18, 1964
- Place
- Gadsden, AL · GADSDEN, AL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N418WCurtis-Wght 12W
- Status
- Completed · report November 25, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 186016
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3248 64/10/18 GADSDEN ALA CURTIS-WGHT 12W CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 750 TIME - 1600 N418W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GADSDEN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N418W
- Reported as
- Curtis-Wght 12W
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gadsden
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.