- Date
- January 19, 1964
- Place
- Lancaster, MN · LANCASTER, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N40821Piper J3
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185555
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0158 64/1/19 LANCASTER MINN PIPER J3 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT, AGE 22, 386 TIME - 1300 N40821 PX- 0 0 0 HUNTING TOTAL HOURS, 375 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SKI ASSEMBLIES FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- BUNGEE CORD BROKE ON PREVIOUS HARD LANDING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40821
- Reported as
- Piper J3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N40821Registration cancelled Nov 9, 2016 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental C85 series
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