- Date
- August 9, 1971
- Place
- Midwest, WY · MIDWEST, WY
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N70128Piper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163661
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4537 71/8/9 NR.MIDWEST,WYO PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 303 TIME - 1835 N70128 PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANTELOPE SPRINGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIDWEST,WYO CASPER,WYO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 75 45 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- STALLED FROM STEEP CLIMBING TURN. DENSITY ALT ABOUT 7500 FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70128
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Antelope Springs
N70128Registration cancelled Sep 4, 2021 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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