- Date
- January 14, 1968
- Place
- Viborg, SD · VIBORG, SD
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N42979Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111753
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1483 68/1/14 NR.VIBORG,S DAK PIPER J-3 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, TIME - 1715 N42979 PX- 1 0 0 HUNTING UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-1/15/68.HUNTING FOX.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42979
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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