- Date
- June 15, 1970
- Place
- Wallops Island, VA · WALLOPS ISLAND, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N30933Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report September 2, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 126183
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0778 70/6/15 WALLOPS ISLAND,VA PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT, AGE 37, 0 TOTAL TIME - 1930 N30933 PX- 0 0 0 TEST HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NASA WALLOPS ISLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WALLOPS ISLAND,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: OTHER STALL TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- ACFT BEING REBUILT.TAXI BRAKE CK,ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE,DSCNDD TO THE LEFT FROM APRXLY 60 FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30933
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nasa Wallops Isle
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