- Date
- August 24, 1969
- Place
- Langhorne, PA · LANGHORNE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3339ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180696
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3180 69/8/24 LANGHORNE,PA PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 41, 13 TOTAL TIME - 1310 N3339Z PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OLD STAR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANGHORNE,PA LANGHORNE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3339Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Old Star
N3339ZRegistration cancelled Apr 7, 2017 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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