- Date
- July 10, 1978
- Place
- Wenden, AZ · WENDEN, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N77590Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780710032589A
- Case key
- 140330
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3114 78/7/10 WENDEN,AZ PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 39, TIME - 1830 N77590 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WENDEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WENDEN,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED CALM TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 98 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77590
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wenden
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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.