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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper J3C-65 · Stead, NM · October 14, 1973

Date
October 14, 1973
Place
Stead, NM
Phase of flight
Descent
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N88240
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN74DQA20
Reported as
Piper J3C65
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
485 total400 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Low pass to read sign post,then looked at road map. Acft hit fence.

As the FAA filed it

LOW PASS TO READ SIGN POST,THEN LOOKED AT ROAD MAP.ACFT HIT FENCE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.