19791123032549A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-12 · Pine Bluff, AR · November 23, 1979

Date
November 23, 1979 · 11:00 local
Place
Pine Bluff, AR
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2315M
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW80DPG04
Reported as
Piper PA12
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
299 total259 in this make and model12 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.

Pilot was flying low to look at farm machinery. During a turn the aircraft started mushing and crashed.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS FLYING LOW TO LOOK AT FARM MACHINERY. DURING A TURN THE AIRCRAFT STARTED MUSHING AND CRASHED.

NTSB investigation

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