- Date
- September 5, 1969
- Place
- Broken Bow, NE · BROKEN BOW, NE
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N98422Piper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 154667
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3718 69/9/5 BROKEN BOW,NEBR PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 61 TOTAL TIME - 1850 N98422 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRANK WOOD RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROKEN BOW,NEBR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- TURF STRIP 1200FT,POWERLINES APRX 30FT HIGH EACH END.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98422
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Frank Wood Ranch
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