- Date
- January 15, 1977
- Place
- Duanesburg, NY · DUANESBURG, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N87955Piper J3C65
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770115000999A
- Case key
- 152542
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0007 77/1/15 NR.DUANESBURG,NY PIPER J3C65 CR- 1 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 250 TIME - 1545 N87955 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 115 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DUANESBURG,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- ACFT OBSERVED CIRCLING OVER FARM HOUSE AT LOW ALTITUDE,COLLIDED WITH TREES.BOTH PLTS RATED IN A/C.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87955
- Reported as
- Piper J3C65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N87955 · 1
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