- Date
- February 21, 1964
- Place
- Ripley, TN · RIPLEY, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3681MPiper PA12
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 124335
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0106 64/2/21 NR. RIPLEY TENN PIPER PA12 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N3681M PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 47, 8000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1000 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3681M
- Reported as
- Piper PA12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3681MRegistration cancelled Dec 27, 2019 · Piper PA-12Airframe modelPiper PA-12Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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