- Date
- July 21, 1968
- Place
- White Lake, NC · WHITE LAKE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4435MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109127
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1992 68/7/21 WHITE LAKE,NC PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 32, 86 TOTAL TIME - 1300 N4435M PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITE LAKE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PILOT DIED 7/30/68.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4435M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- White Lake
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