- Date
- February 7, 1966
- Place
- Big Piney, WY · BIG PINEY, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N98859Piper J3C
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173237
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0693 66/2/7 BIG PINEY WYO PIPER J3C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 298 TIME - 1430 N98859 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- OFF AIRPORT OPERATION ON SNOW COVERED LAKE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98859
- Reported as
- Piper J3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N98859Registration cancelled Dec 2, 2019 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelLycoming 0-290 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.