- Date
- June 26, 1968
- Place
- Gueydan, LA · GUEYDAN, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3255NPiper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110312
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1740 68/6/26 GUEYDAN,LA PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 40, 158 TIME - 1900 N3255N PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 142 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL 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- CHECKING RICE FLD FOR BLACK BIRDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3255N
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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