- Date
- July 20, 1968
- Place
- Livermore, CA · LIVERMORE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N42331Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109281
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2497 68/7/20 LIVERMORE,CALIF PIPER J-3 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 107 TIME - 1630 N42331 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT WAVING TO PARACHUTE JUMPERS IN DROP ZONE, STRUCK WIND SOCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42331
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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