- Date
- June 28, 1970
- Place
- Whitesburg, KY · WHITESBURG, KY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6768HPiper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report April 22, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120361
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2770 70/6/28 WHITESBURG,KY PIPER J-3 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 41, 16 TOTAL TIME - 1730 N6768H PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITESBURG MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHITESBURG,KY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- RWY ON MTN TOP,STEEP DROP BOTH SIDES,ACFT WENT OFF RWY.NO DUAL LAST 9 MOS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6768H
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Whitesburg Muni
N6768HRegistration cancelled Sep 26, 2013 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.