- Date
- March 2, 1965
- Place
- Lumberton, MS · LUMBERTON, MS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N65901Piper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179780
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0092 65/3/2 LUMBERTON MISS PIPER J3C-65 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 40, 400 TIME - 1700 N65901 PX- 0 1 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - I H BASS JR MEM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: PRIMING SYSTEM PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED REMARKS- PWR PLT UNIDENTIFIED HARD WHITE SUBSTANCE COVERED 50% OF FUEL SCREEN-PLT AWARE ACFT WAS GROUNDED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65901
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- I H Bass Jr Mem
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