- Date
- June 6, 1976
- Place
- Rockhill Furn, PA · ROCKHILL FURN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7081HPiper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760606018859A
- Case key
- 154084
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1315 76/6/6 ROCKHILL FURN,PA PIPER J3C-65 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1620 N7081H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 28, 3292 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCKHILL FURNACE,PA MT UNION,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD OUR TREE TOPS ABT HALF WAY UP ONE OF THE RIDGES TURN R AT BREAK WHERE PWR LINE LOCATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7081H
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.