- Date
- May 25, 1965
- Place
- Wheatland, WY · WHEATLAND, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3231MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177730
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1015 65/5/25 WHEATLAND WYO PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 1198 TIME - 1000 N3231M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PWR PLT-FATIGUE FAILURE OF CARB HEAT CONTROL. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3231M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage