- Date
- July 10, 1968
- Place
- Swords Creek, VA · SWORDS CREEK, VA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3951ZPiper PA-18S
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109904
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2050 68/7/10 SWORDS CREEK,VA PIPER PA-18S CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 5856 TIME - 1730 N3951Z PX- 1 0 0 POWER/PIPELINE TOTAL HOURS, 800 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- STALLED DURING ATTEMPT TO AVOID MNTN RIDGE. PLT HAD FLOWN 9 HRS THAT DAY,37 HRS IN PAST 3 DAYS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3951Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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