- Date
- December 14, 1968
- Place
- Ferney, SD · FERNEY, SD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3242NPiper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191830
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4438 68/12/14 FERNEY,S DAK PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 67, 1610 TIME - 1300 N3242N PX- 0 0 1 HUNTING TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: OTHER GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER PERSONNEL-PAX INADVERTENTLY SHOT OUT RT JURY STRUT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- RT WG DROOPED DOWNWARD. FOX HUNTING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3242N
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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