- Date
- July 13, 1968
- Place
- Beaver Falls, PA · BEAVER FALLS, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N98831Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109429
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2290 68/7/13 BEAVER FALLS,PA PIPER J-3 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1425 N98831 PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING 40, 18000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 4000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BEAVER CO. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE REMARKS- RECOVERY FROM SPIN AT TOO LOW AN ALTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98831
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Beaver Co.
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