- Date
- August 31, 1979
- Place
- Pleasant Grove, CA · PLEASANT GROVE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N40615Piper J3
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790831021489A
- Case key
- 135184
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1782 79/8/31 PLEASANT GROVE,CA PIPER J3 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 40, 41 TOTAL TIME - 1830 N40615 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YUBA CITY,CA. LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40615
- Reported as
- Piper J3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- No Name
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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.