- Date
- September 28, 1969
- Place
- Rising Sun, IN · RISING SUN, IN
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N26833Piper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159360
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2766 69/9/28 RISING SUN,IND PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 2 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 45, 436 TIME - 1504 N26833 PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 219 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RISING SUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RISING SUN,IND RISING SUN,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT COPILOT - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- R WG STRUCK GRND DURING BALLOON BURSTING CONTEST
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26833
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Rising Sun
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