- Date
- August 30, 1965
- Place
- Bloomsburg, PA · BLOOMSBURG, PA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4132HPiper PA15
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176315
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0516 65/8/30 BLOOMSBURG PA PIPER PA15 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 558 TIME - 1645 N4132H PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 74 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 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 SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- PILOT TAKING PICTURES AT TREE TOP HEIGHT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4132H
- Reported as
- Piper PA15
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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