- Date
- February 28, 1965
- Place
- Atmore, AL · ATMORE, AL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N70262Piper J3C
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179259
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0232 65/2/28 NR.ATMORE ALA PIPER J3C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 200 TIME - 1630 N70262 PX- 1 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 97 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70262
- Reported as
- Piper J3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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