- Date
- July 17, 1976
- Place
- Springfield, MO · SPRINGFIELD, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N42755Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760717020349A
- Case key
- 155219
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2775 76/7/17 SPRINGFIELD,MO PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 987 TIME - 1910 N42755 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 78 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPRINGFIELD,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG REGAINED PWR DRG FORCED LNDG APCH.PLT ELECTED CONT FLT BACK TO ARPT.ATMTD FLY UNDER WIRES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42755
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.