- Date
- December 17, 1976
- Place
- Rock Springs, WY · ROCK SPRINGS, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3277MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761217040149A
- Case key
- 152529
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3767 76/12/17 NR.ROCK SPRINGS,WY PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1040 N3277M PX- 0 0 1 HUNTING AGE 34, 2528 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 495 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCK SPRINGS,WY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3277M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.