- Date
- March 10, 1978
- Place
- Croydon, NH · CROYDON, NH
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N35054Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report April 12, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780310003329A
- Case key
- 143193
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0436 78/3/10 CROYDON,NH PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1200 N35054 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 39, 310 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 15 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CROYDON,NH RETURN NEWPORT,NH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35054
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.