- Date
- October 20, 1968
- Place
- Headland, AL · HEADLAND, AL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N92043Piper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report December 26, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107991
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3744 68/10/20 HEADLAND,ALA PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 46, TIME - 1600 N92043 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING 400 TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92043
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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