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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper J3C65 · Orangeburg, SC · April 28, 1982

Date: April 28, 1982 · 19:00 local
Place: Orangeburg, SC
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N6232H
Reported as: Piper J3C65
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 130 total25 in this make and model24 in the last 90 days

N6232HRegistered now · Piper PA-28-161S/N 28-7816240 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161

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What happened

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

Pilot flew the aircraft into the ground while flying low over a wheat field. Pilot injured slightly.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FLEW THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE GROUND WHILE FLYING LOW OVER A WHEAT FIELD. PILOT INJURED SLIGHTLY.

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