- Date
- July 18, 1970
- Place
- Clear Spring, MD · CLEAR SPRING, MD
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N341TPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1930
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116182
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1035 70/7/18 CLEAR SPRING,MD PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 1408 TIME - 1750 N341T PX- 1 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 278 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLEAR SPRING,MD CLEAR SPRING,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N341T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N341TRegistration cancelled Feb 25, 1972 · Piper PA-18-105 SPECIALAirframe modelPiper PA-18-105 SPECIAL
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