- Date
- October 12, 1973
- Place
- Elk City, OK · ELK CITY, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N59625Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report February 19, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731012032279A
- Case key
- 187837
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3886 73/10/12 ELK CITY,OKLA PIPER J-3 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT, AGE 26, 100 TIME - 0755 N59625 PX- 0 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELK CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELK CITY,OKLA UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59625
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Elk City
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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