- Date
- October 16, 1965
- Place
- Saline, MI · SALINE, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N30575Piper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175908
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1105 65/10/16 NR.SALINE MICH PIPER J3C-65 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 22, 90 TOTAL TIME - 1718 N30575 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 80 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SALINE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- PILOT IN REAR SEAT. REAR SEAT CONTROL STICK BROKEN.UNDET IF BREAK OCCURED AT OR PRIOR TO IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30575
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Saline
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