- Date
- July 21, 1968
- Place
- Hamilton, OH · HAMILTON, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N24960Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report October 8, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109325
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2560 68/7/21 HAMILTON,OHIO PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 45, 199 TIME - 1430 N24960 PX- 0 0 1 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAMILTON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ORIENTATION RIDE. WIND REPORTED AS LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24960
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hamilton
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