- Date
- September 18, 1969
- Place
- 29 Palms, CA · 29 PALMS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4439MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 156845
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3966 69/9/18 29 PALMS,CALIF PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 527 TIME - 1900 N4439M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TWENTYNINE PALMS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION 29 PALMS,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4439M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Twentynine Palms
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