- Date
- July 7, 1978
- Place
- Houlton, ME · HOULTON, ME
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N21828Piper J3F-65
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780707020359A
- Case key
- 140813
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2331 78/7/7 HOULTON,ME PIPER J3F-65 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 511 TIME - 0845 N21828 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 126 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOULTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOULTON,ME LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21828
- Reported as
- Piper J3F-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Houlton
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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.