- Date
- December 31, 1970
- Place
- Haines City, FL · HAINES CITY, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9217HPiper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159646
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4471 70/12/31 HAINES CITY,FLA PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 32, 23 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N9217H PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAINES CITY,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND CLEARANCE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- HIT TREE ABT 30FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9217H
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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