- Date
- September 8, 1974
- Place
- Summerville, SC · SUMMERVILLE, SC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4031MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740908032889A
- Case key
- 136626
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3026 74/9/8 SUMMERVILLE,SC PIPER PA-12 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1310 N4031M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 31, 550 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 3 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUMMERVILLE,SC MONKS CORNER,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD JUST ABV TREE TOPS.ACFT CRASHED AFTR CLBG TURN MAN.HIT GND STEEP NOSE DWN L WING LOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4031M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.