- Date
- May 6, 1970
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT · SALT LAKE CITY, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3505MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122725
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2134 70/5/6 SALT LAKE CITY,UT PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 290 TIME - 0700 N3505M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 155 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OGDEN,UT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND REMARKS- HIT SOFT SPOT,T/O FRM MUD FLAT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3505M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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