- Date
- May 18, 1968
- Place
- Dalton, GA · DALTON, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N32839Piper J3L-65
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110334
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1791 68/5/18 DALTON,GA PIPER J3L-65 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 1120 TIME - 1435 N32839 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOLLY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- WATER AND UNK FOREIGN SUBSTANCE IN GASCOLATOR. PLT STRETCHED GLIDE TO AVOID TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32839
- Reported as
- Piper J3L-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Jolly
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