Piper PA-18 N1983C
12 December 1968 · Fountain, Colorado, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 12 December 1968 at about 12:30 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N1983C, operated by US Army and FT, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Fountain, Colorado, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 12:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Fountain, Colorado, United States
- Nearest airport
- Pikes Peak
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-18
- Registration
- N1983C
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- US Army and FT
- Operating rule
- Flying Club (Military)
- Purpose of flight
- Dual
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-4875
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
WX BRIEFING BY AFWS-TELEPHONE. WIND GUSTY.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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