- Date
- April 11, 1965
- Place
- Yuba City, CA · YUBA CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N68914Piper J3C
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179264
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0248 65/4/11 YUBA CITY CALIF PIPER J3C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 34, TIME - 1255 N68914 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 1000 TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUTTER COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT REMARKS- FLIGHT TIME AS REPORTED BY PILOT, NO RECORD OF PILOT IN FAA RECORDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68914
- Reported as
- Piper J3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sutter County
N68914Registration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.