- Date
- July 29, 1965
- Place
- Southwick, MA · SOUTHWICK, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3707APiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report September 2, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176911
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1881 65/7/29 SOUTHWICK MASS PIPER PA-18A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 38, 3500 TIME - 1800 N3707A PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-HOPPER LOADING DOOR CAME UNLATCHED IN FLIGHT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3707A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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