- Date
- November 25, 1964
- Place
- Marfa, TX · MARFA, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3994ZPiper PA18
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180799
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3555 64/11/25 NR.MARFA TEX PIPER PA18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 3700 TIME - 0825 N3994Z PX- 0 0 0 OTHER PUBLIC TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND REMARKS- BORDER PATROL OPERATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3994Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3994ZRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N3994Z · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC25LA071Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportWillow, AKThe flight instructor’s delayed remedial action/lack of supervision. Contributing to the accident was the pilot receiving instructions failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in a ground loop.NTSB ANC24LA002Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportWasilla, AKThe instructor pilot’s delayed action and over application of brakes which resulted in a nose-over.