- Date
- May 30, 1966
- Place
- Tewksbury, MA · TEWKSBURY, MA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N7485HPiper J3
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 170783
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1598 66/5/30 TEWKSBURY MASS PIPER J3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 20, 296 TIME - 1510 N7485H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TEWRSBURY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL IN FLIGHT: EMERGENCY DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- OIL CAP LEFT OFF AND PILOT THOUGHT ENGINE WAS CATCHING FIRE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7485H
- Reported as
- Piper J3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tewrsbury
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