- Date
- September 23, 1968
- Place
- Davis, CA · DAVIS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N92097Piper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107853
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3600 68/9/23 DAVIS,CALIF PIPER J3C-65 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 25, 70 TOTAL TIME - 1715 N92097 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - UNIVERSITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- STRUCK STATIC WIRE FOR POWER CABLES 145 FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92097
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- University
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