- Date
- April 17, 1965
- Place
- Middletown, DE · MIDDLETOWN, DE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N51532Piper J3C
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178840
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0918 65/4/17 MIDDLETOWN DEL PIPER J3C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 309 TIME - 1430 N51532 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 190 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BAKERS FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51532
- Reported as
- Piper J3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bakers Field
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