- Date
- July 21, 1973
- Place
- Pensacola, FL · PENSACOLA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1971MPiper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730721028059A
- Case key
- 189099
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2662 73/7/21 PENSACOLA,FLA PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 82 TOTAL TIME - 1055 N1971M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FERGUSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PENSACOLA,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- VEERED L,WING HIT PINE TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1971M
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ferguson
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.