- Date
- August 13, 1981
- Place
- Almyra, AR · ALMYRA, AR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7399HPiper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810813049399A
- Case key
- 123996
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2502 81/8/13 NR.ALMYRA,AR PIPER J3C-65 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 1305 TIME - 1730 N7399H PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALMYRA MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALMYRA,AR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION REMARKS- BLOCK OF WOOD JAMMED ELEV CTLS,NOSE DWN PSN.FLEW INVERTED APRX 5MIN BFR CRASH,DSNDG FM 3000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7399H
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Almyra Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.