- Date
- October 3, 1971
- Place
- Clio, SC · CLIO, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N37949Piper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164264
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3952 71/10/3 CLIO,SC PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 340 TIME - 1515 N37949 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 268 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MACK LAMAR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLIO,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LNDD IN FLD OF 5FT TALL COTTON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37949
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mack Lamar
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