- Date
- July 31, 1965
- Place
- Cheshire, MA · CHESHIRE, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N42165Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177041
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2049 65/7/31 CHESHIRE MASS PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 95 TOTAL TIME - 1330 N42165 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 51 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- TAKEOFF ATTEMPTED FROM ROUGH FARM FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42165
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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