- Date
- May 30, 1966
- Place
- Laconia, NH · LACONIA, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N98536Piper J3
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171271
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1430 66/5/30 LACONIA NH PIPER J3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 92 TOTAL TIME - 0930 N98536 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LACONIA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 62 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 280 28 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98536
- Reported as
- Piper J3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Laconia
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