Accident · 1997-08-05
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-08-05
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-18 (N1606A)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- FILKILL, DAVID B Matched by aircraft (N-number)
Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain adequate control of the airplane resulting in an inadvertent stall/mush at low altitude. Factors to the accident were the pilot's low altitude flight maneuver and the gusty winds.
Source: NTSB case ANC97LA117Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.