- Date
- February 23, 1973
- Place
- Springfield, VT · SPRINGFIELD, VT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1401VPiper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730223020519A
- Case key
- 169598
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0072 73/2/23 SPRINGFIELD,VT PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 56, 421 TIME - 0930 N1401V PX- 0 0 0 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPRINGFIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPRINGFIELD,VT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1401V
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Springfield
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1401V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CEN24LA087Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPark Rapids, MNThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control and terrain clearance during initial climb, that resulted in an impact with trees and terrain.NTSB NYC06CA126Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportOld Town, METhe pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent impact with water.