- Date
- January 7, 1972
- Place
- Arlington, SD · ARLINGTON, SD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N35124Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report January 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165509
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1292 72/1/7 ARLINGTON,S DAK PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 300 TIME - 1530 N35124 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- HUNTING FOXES.TKOF FROM HAY FIELD.SKI EQPD.8K TAILWIND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35124
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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