Piper PA-18A N8158C
4 September 1969 · Browns Store, Virginia, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 4 September 1969 at about 10:45 local time, a Piper PA-18A registered N8158C, operated by Carl W.dehaven, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Browns Store, Virginia, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 10:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Browns Store, Virginia, United States
- Nearest airport
- Haynie Farm
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-18A
- Registration
- N8158C
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Carl W.dehaven
- Operating rule
- Aerial Applicator
- Purpose of flight
- Crop Control Related Flight
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Route
- S → S
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-2576
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
SHORT FLD. STRUCK 30 FT TREE. 2 PREVIOUS T/O MADE SUCCESSFULLY. SPRAYING SOYBEANS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Aug 1969 | Piper PA-18A | Johns, North Carolina, United States | Craft Spraying | No injuries | - |
| 21 Aug 1969 | Piper PA-18A | Dimmitt, Texas, United States | Hereford Aero | No injuries | - |
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| 5 Oct 1969 | Piper PA-18A | Towner, North Dakota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| 13 Sep 1969 | Piper PA-18A | Geneva, New York, United States | Ag-Air Leasing | Fatal | 1 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Feb 1969 | Piper PA-28 | Lacosta Is, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Mar 1969 | Cessna 310 | Orlando, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Mar 1969 | Luscombe 8A | Sedalia, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Apr 1969 | Beechcraft H35 | Union Lake, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Mar 1969 | Piper PA-22 | Midlothian, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 May 1969 | Taylr Titch M-3 | Watkins, Colorado, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |