- Date
- August 9, 1970
- Place
- Belmont, NY · BELMONT, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3430KPiper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190978
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3387 70/8/9 BELMONT,NY PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 121 TIME - 1530 N3430K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HEALY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WELLSVILLE,NY BELMONT,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- L WING TIP HIT CORN STALKS.ACFT FURTHER DAMAGED IN CORN FIELD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3430K
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Healy
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