# NTSB MIA71FLG05: Piper J3C, N88317, St Charles, SC, August 15, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: August 15, 1970
- Place: St Charles, SC · ST CHARLES, SC
- Location: 34.0806° N, 80.2249° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Charles, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0806&lon=-80.2249&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report June 8, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 186374
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA71FLG05
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA71FLG05

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: St Charles

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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