- Date
- October 5, 1969
- Place
- Buckhannon, WV · BUCKHANNON, WV
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3395MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 151379
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4071 69/10/5 BUCKHANNON,W VA PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 218 TIME - 1630 N3395M PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEWIS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUCKHANNON,W VA SUTTON,W VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: OTHER AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- PUBLISHED RNWY LENGTH 1600FT,MEASURED 1410FT. WIND CALM,TEMP 68 DEG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3395M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lewis Field
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