- Date
- June 18, 1967
- Place
- Harvard, IL · HARVARD, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N88551Piper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118520
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3058 67/6/18 HARVARD,ILL PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 42, TIME - 1500 N88551 PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM FIELD STREWN WITH ROCKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88551
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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