- Date
- May 25, 1972
- Place
- Chantilly, VA · CHANTILLY, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N30261Piper J3C-85
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167036
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1895 72/5/25 CHANTILLY,VA PIPER J3C-85 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 6765 TIME - 1600 N30261 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 800 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GLASCOCK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHANTILLY,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: RUDDER AND RUDDER TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 72 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 90 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- BANNER TOW HOOK CAUGHT RUDDER CHAIN,CAUSED FULL L DEFLECTION. VEERED L INTO TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30261
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-85
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Glascock
N30261Registration cancelled Jul 27, 2009 · Piper J3F-65Airframe modelPiper J3F-65Engine modelLycoming 0-145B series
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