- Date
- June 8, 1968
- Place
- Montgomery, AL · MONTGOMERY, AL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N65886Piper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109946
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2119 68/6/8 MONTGOMERY,ALA PIPER J3C-65 CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT, AGE 45, 78 TOTAL TIME - 1610 N65886 PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION HOURS, 31 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- ACFT OBSERVED TO ENTER SPIN FROM LOW LEVEL STEEP CLIMB. CO-PLT HAD NO OFFICIAL FLT RECORD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65886
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N65886Registration cancelled Apr 30, 2013 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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