# NTSB CHI66F0377: Piper J3C-65, N30575, Saline, MI, October 16, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 16, 1965
- Place: Saline, MI · SALINE, MI
- Location: 42.1738° N, 83.7769° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saline, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1738&lon=-83.7769&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 27, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175908
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI66F0377
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66F0377

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30575-1965-11-29), registration cancelled 1965-11-29, S/N 4947, built 1940 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C-65
- Registry model: [Piper J3C-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (registry code 7100510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Saline

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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