- Date
- February 19, 1966
- Place
- Edgewater, MD · EDGEWATER, MD
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N70255Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173836
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0292 66/2/19 EDGEWATER MD PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 16, 10 TOTAL TIME - 1530 N70255 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70255
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lee
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