- Date
- May 21, 1970
- Place
- Sealston, VA · SEALSTON, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N98889Piper J3C
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 123045
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2186 70/5/21 SEALSTON,VA PIPER J3C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1700 N98889 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE AGE 50, 441 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 119 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AIR-SHANNON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHANNON,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- WHEEL LDG,TALL GRASS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98889
- Reported as
- Piper J3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Air-Shannon
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.