- Date
- March 8, 1964
- Place
- Chunchula, AL · CHUNCHULA, AL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N24879Piper J-3C
- Status
- Completed · report March 11, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185822
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0922 64/3/8 NR.CHUNCHULA ALA PIPER J-3C CR- 1 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 295 TIME - 1655 N24879 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MIM S AIRSTRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24879
- Reported as
- Piper J-3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mim S Airstrip
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