- Date
- January 6, 1974
- Place
- Sumter, SC · SUMTER, SC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N98000Piper J-3C
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740106000609A
- Case key
- 187312
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0026 74/1/6 SUMTER,SC PIPER J-3C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 3700 TIME - 1620 N98000 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 160 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEE STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUMTER,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- AT END OF STRIP PLT PULLED NOSE OF ACFT STRAIGHT UP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98000
- Reported as
- Piper J-3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lee Strip
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.