- Date
- December 29, 1966
- Place
- Silver Creek, NE · SILVER CREEK, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6637HPiper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119955
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4151 66/12/29 SILVER CREEK NEBR PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 59, 3467 TIME - 1400 N6637H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2029 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- PLT LANDED IN PASTURE.ACFT RAN INTO DEEP SNOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6637H
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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