- Date
- June 5, 1977
- Place
- Kenmare, ND · KENMARE, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N32668Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770605014369A
- Case key
- 147063
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1536 77/6/5 KENMARE,ND PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 141 TIME - 1150 N32668 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KENMARE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOHALL,ND KENMARE,ND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 310 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- GUSTS TO 30K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32668
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kenmare
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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.