- Date
- November 7, 1965
- Place
- Greenfield, IN · GREENFIELD, IN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N87851Piper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175167
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3239 65/11/7 GREENFIELD IND PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 500 TIME - 1620 N87851 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PILOT WAS PRACTICING STEEP TURNS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87851
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Willis
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