- Date
- March 19, 1966
- Place
- Tewksbury, MA · TEWKSBURY, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7485HPiper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173144
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0527 66/3/19 TEWKSBURY MASS PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1610 N7485H PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 34, 1097 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TEW-MAC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS DUAL STUDENT - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION REMARKS- STUDENT PILOT INADVERTENTLY ACTUATED BRAKES
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7485H
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tew-Mac
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