- Date
- February 3, 1966
- Place
- Forsyth, GA · FORSYTH, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2782MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173796
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0256 66/2/3 FORSYTH GA PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 160 TIME - 1410 N2782M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- OFF AIRPORT OPERATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2782M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2782MRegistration cancelled Nov 22, 2017 · Piper PA-12Airframe modelPiper PA-12Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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