- Date
- August 17, 1969
- Place
- Virginia Beach, VA · VIRGINIA BEACH, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N58462Piper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162866
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3548 69/8/17 VIRGINIA BEACH,VA PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1115 N58462 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING AGE 20, 1275 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 350 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FT STORY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VIRGINIA BEACH,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- PLT RELEASED TOWED BANNER WITH ACFT IN NOSE HI ATTITUDE AT LO ALT AND AIRSPEED. DAMAGED TREE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58462
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ft Story
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