- Date
- July 20, 1968
- Place
- Kinde, MI · KINDE, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N70398Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108717
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4802 68/7/20 KINDE,MICH PIPER J-3 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 33, 48 TOTAL TIME - 2025 N70398 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KINDE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SHORT T/O.FLEW LENGTH OF STRIP 10-15 FT AGL FOLLOWED BY ABRUPT-STEEP PULL UP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70398
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kinde
N70398Registration cancelled Jan 31, 2020 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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