- Date
- April 29, 1973
- Place
- Blairs, VA · BLAIRS, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N70449Piper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730429008069A
- Case key
- 190791
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0949 73/4/29 BLAIRS,VA PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 122 TIME - 1530 N70449 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLAIRS,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- LNDD IN CLOVER FLD.PLT MISJUDGED HEIGHT OF CLOVER,WRAPPED AROUND WHEELS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70449
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N70449 · 1
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