- Date
- March 13, 1966
- Place
- Central Falls, NC · CENTRAL FALLS, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N70434Piper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174134
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0148 66/3/13 CENTRAL FALLS NC PIPER J3C-65 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 53, UNK/NR TIME - 1615 N70434 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FAGG AIRSTRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70434
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Fagg Airstrip
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