- Date
- May 19, 1966
- Place
- Corning, AR · CORNING, AR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N98459Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172466
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0430 66/5/19 CORNING ARK PIPER J-3 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 36 TOTAL TIME - 0845 N98459 PX- 1 0 0 OTHER HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. 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 REMARKS- THE PILOT WAS CIRCLING AND OBSERVING A BREAK IN A WATERWAY WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98459
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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