- Date
- April 16, 1974
- Place
- Cornelius, OR · CORNELIUS, OR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N92304Piper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740416011639A
- Case key
- 124809
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1376 74/4/16 CORNELIUS,OREG PIPER J3C-65 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1815 N92304 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 26, 337 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 212 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKYPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORNELIUS,OREG LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE REMARKS- ACFT TOO LOW TO EFFECT RECOVERY FROM SPIN.PRACTICING ACROBATIC MANEUVERS INCLUDING SPINS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92304
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Skyport
N92304Registration cancelled Oct 20, 2008 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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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.
Other investigations on N92304 · 1
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