- Date
- May 8, 1966
- Place
- Jim Thorpe, PA · JIM THORPE, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N91947Piper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172436
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0386 66/5/8 NR.JIM THORPE PA PIPER J3C-65 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 580 TIME - 1410 N91947 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- ACCIDENT OCCURED JUST AFTER MAGAZINES WERE DROP PED FROM N91947 TO PERSONS ON THE GROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91947
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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