- Date
- September 6, 1992, 18:23 local (23:23 UTC)
- Place
- Inverness, MS
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N70734Piper J3C-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920906035409A
- Case key
- 32994
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot in command to maintain airspeed above stall airspeed resulting in the aircraft stalling and entering a spin from which it descended uncontrolled to the ground.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student pilot who had not received a solo endorsement from a flight instructor borrowed the aircraft from the owner. The student then flew solo to cleveland, Mississippi where a flight instructor endorsed him for solo flight. The student then returned to Inverness, Mississippi and refueled the aircraft. The student then flew to leland, Mississippi and picked up a passenger. The student and passenger then departed for the purpose of deer spotting. The flight was observed flying low and at a slow speed in the crash area. The aircraft wreckage was found the next day. The aircraft had crashed nose first at a slow speed in an area of trees. Only one small branch on a tree had been damaged by the descending aircraft. Examination of the aircraft revealed no evidence of precrash failure or malfunction of the aircraft structure, flight controls, or engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70734
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17752
- Airframe hours
- 3,069
- Engine
- Continental C-90-8-F, 95 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Arrington, Lee
- Registered owner
- Arrington, Lee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 16, 1992 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- Leland, MS
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 21
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 6 total · 6 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GWO, 16 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N70734 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.