- Date
- February 13, 1966
- Place
- Bijou Hills, SD · BIJOU HILLS, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N70542Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report July 8, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172727
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1180 66/2/13 BIJOU HILLS S DAK PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 95 TOTAL TIME - 1045 N70542 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 90 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- TAKEOFF FROM SHORT FARM FIELD COVERED WITH DRIFTED SNOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70542
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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