- Date
- March 2, 1969
- Place
- Tallulah, LA · TALLULAH, LA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N55008Piper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191314
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0035 69/3/2 TALLULAH,LA PIPER J3C-65 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 28, TIME - 1440 N55008 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAVES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- STALLED DURING SLOW TURN DOWNWIND SHORTLY AFTER T/O.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55008
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Graves
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