- Date
- July 25, 1969
- Place
- Sturgeon, WI · STURGEON, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9070CPiper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161100
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3252 69/7/25 STURGEON,WIS PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 413 TIME - 1740 N9070C PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHERRYLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP APPLETON,WIS APPLETON,WIS STURGEON,WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE TOO LOW MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE REMARKS- BLEEDER SCREW LOOSE,ALLOWED HYD FLUID TO LEAK OUT OF L BRAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9070C
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cherryland
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.