- Date
- October 22, 1966
- Place
- Naples, FL · NAPLES, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3515KPiper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report February 23, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121526
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0833 66/10/22 NAPLES FLA PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT, AGE 33, 155 TIME - 1345 N3515K PX- 0 0 0 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, 119 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- PILOT MADE LOW SLOW PASS TO SHOUT INSTRUCTIONS TO LOST CHILD.RIGHT WING TIP STRUCK GROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3515K
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3515KRegistration cancelled Jul 2, 2022 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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