- Date
- October 2, 1969
- Place
- Choctaw, MS · CHOCTAW, MS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N29049Piper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159956
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2932 69/10/2 CHOCTAW,MISS PIPER J3C-65 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1720 N29049 PX- 0 0 0 OTHER AGE 37, 523 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 45 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLEVELAND,MISS CLEVELAND,MISS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- CHASING BLACKBIRDS FROM RICE FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29049
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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