- Date
- February 26, 1969
- Place
- Cuba, MO · CUBA, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3140MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report April 11, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191324
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0053 69/2/26 CUBA,MO PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 537 TIME - 1515 N3140M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 212 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLUTTERBUGS ROOST TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RUNWAY CLOSED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REMARKS- RNWY MARKED CLOSED WITH AN X.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3140M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flutterbugs Roost
N3140MRegistration cancelled May 8, 2015 · Piper PA-12Airframe modelPiper PA-12Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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