- Date
- February 12, 1969
- Place
- Picayune, MS · PICAYUNE, MS
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5126RPiper J3F-65
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191657
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0232 69/2/12 PICAYUNE,MISS PIPER J3F-65 CR- 0 2 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1745 N5126R PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 24, 1117 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 14 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- PLT ALLOWED STUDENT TO DESCEND TOO LOW AND SLOW ON SIMULATED FORCED LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5126R
- Reported as
- Piper J3F-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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