- Date
- February 4, 1964
- Place
- Taylor, NE · TAYLOR, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N42453Piper J3C
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185653
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0223 64/2/4 TAYLOR NEBR PIPER J3C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 700 TIME - 1500 N42453 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42453
- Reported as
- Piper J3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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