- Date
- June 24, 1966
- Place
- Marion, ND · MARION, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3281ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122811
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3047 66/6/24 NR.MARION N DAK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 5510 TIME - 0415 N3281Z PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 108 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- RIGHT SPRAY BOOM STRUCK HIGH GRASS ALONGSIDE OF COUNTRY ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3281Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3281ZRegistration cancelled Mar 27, 2015 · Piper PA-18Airframe modelPiper PA-18Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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