- Date
- April 8, 1966
- Place
- San Antonio, TX · SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3121MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172301
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1202 66/4/8 NR.SAN ANTONIO TEX PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 2014 TIME - 0830 N3121M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REMARKS- PILOT LANDED ON HIGHWAY.VFR WEATHER DETERIORATING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3121M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3121MRegistration cancelled Jan 3, 2018 · Piper PA-12Airframe modelPiper PA-12Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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