- Date
- March 28, 1974
- Place
- Charlotte, NC · CHARLOTTE, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N98565Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report June 4, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740328006079A
- Case key
- 186270
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0860 74/3/28 CHARLOTTE,NC PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1420 N98565 PX- 0 0 1 MAPPING/PHOTO AGE 47, 12000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILGROVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLOTTE,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- PASSENGER UNINTENTIONALLY APPLIED RIGHT BRAKE ON LANDING ROLL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98565
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wilgrove
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.