- Date
- August 27, 1974
- Place
- Bridgeport, NJ · BRIDGEPORT, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N42843Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740827039609A
- Case key
- 138636
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4255 74/8/27 BRIDGEPORT,NJ PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, UNK/NR TIME - 1700 N42843 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRIDGEPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRIDGEPORT,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- STRUCK GND AT ABT 60 DEG ANGLE FM AN ALT OF APRX 75 FT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42843
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bridgeport
N42843Registration cancelled Apr 4, 2011 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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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.