- Date
- March 29, 1966
- Place
- El Obeid, Russia · EL OBEID, Sudan
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1797APiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171431
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0025 66/3/29 NR.EL OBEID SUDAN PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 260 TIME - 0900 N1797A PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 235 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1797A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1797ARegistration cancelled Nov 13, 2003 · Piper PA-18AS-125Airframe modelPiper PA-18AS-125Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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.