- Date
- August 10, 1978
- Place
- White Marsh, MD · WHITE MARSH, MD
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N51537Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780810027389A
- Case key
- 140059
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2377 78/8/10 WHITE MARSH,MD PIPER J-3 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, UNK/NR TIME - 1915 N51537 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHITE MARSH,MD MOUNTAIN ROAD,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT HIT GND WIRE ON HI TENSION PWR LINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51537
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Private Strip
N51537Registration cancelled Apr 18, 2013 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental A&C75 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N51537 · 1
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