- Date
- July 10, 1976
- Place
- Moses Lake, WA · MOSES LAKE, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N98735Piper J3C
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760710020299A
- Case key
- 154278
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1914 76/7/10 MOSES LAKE,WA PIPER J3C CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 126 TIME - 0950 N98735 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOSES LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOSES LAKE,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GUST LOCKS ENGAGED REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED. PLT IN REAR COCKPIT. SEATBELT SECURED ARND FRONT SEAT CTL STICK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98735
- Reported as
- Piper J3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Moses Lake
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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 N98735 · 1
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