- Date
- August 15, 1970
- Place
- St Charles, SC · ST CHARLES, SC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N88317Piper J3C
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 186374
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3331 70/8/15 ST CHARLES,SC PIPER J3C CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 810 TIME - 1830 N88317 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ST CHARLES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST CHARLES,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE REMARKS- IN TRAIL WITH OTR ACFT ENCTRD TURB.ACFT ROLLED TO AN INVERTED POS BFR DESCENDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88317
- Reported as
- Piper J3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- St Charles