- Date
- March 7, 1965
- Place
- Ellsworth, MN · ELLSWORTH, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3663KPiper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report June 15, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179214
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0856 65/3/7 ELLSWORTH MINN PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 4100 TIME - 1730 N3663K PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM AN INTENTIONAL SPIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3663K
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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