- Date
- April 28, 1965
- Place
- San Marcos, TX · SAN MARCOS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3649NPiper J3C
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178437
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1122 65/4/28 SAN MARCOS TEX PIPER J3C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 530 TIME - 1330 N3649N PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SMOKE IN COCKPIT REMARKS- PILOT PARACHUTED SAFELY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3649N
- Reported as
- Piper J3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed