- Date
- September 1, 1965
- Place
- Champion, PA · CHAMPION, PA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4735TMaule BD-M-4
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175858
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0917 65/9/1 CHAMPION PA MAULE BD-M-4 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 788 TIME - 1215 N4735T PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 525 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4735T
- Reported as
- Maule BD-M-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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