- Date
- March 30, 1970
- Place
- Conway, SC · CONWAY, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N38341Piper J3C
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 134846
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1584 70/3/30 CONWAY,SC PIPER J3C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 20, 158 TIME - 1010 N38341 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 79 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP GREENSBORO,NC MYRTLE BEACH,SC LAURINBURG,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER LOW ON FUEL SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 40 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- LNDD OK GOLF COURSE DUE WX.AFTER TKOF ENCTRD RAIN,FOG UN VFR RETURNED GOLF COURSE.WX CK AT GSO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38341
- Reported as
- Piper J3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N38341Registration cancelled Apr 17, 2013 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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Other investigations on N38341 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.