- Date
- July 10, 1966
- Place
- Dagget, MI · DAGGET, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6240HPiper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 170922
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1844 66/7/10 DAGGET MICH PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 17, 12 TOTAL TIME - 1320 N6240H PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LINDROTH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 90 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6240H
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lindroth
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