# NTSB UNK64X0853: Piper J-3C, N24879, Chunchula, AL, March 8, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 8, 1964
- Place: Chunchula, AL · CHUNCHULA, AL
- Location: 30.9271° N, 88.2081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chunchula, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9271&lon=-88.2081&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report March 11, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185822
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0853
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0853

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24879-1971-12-01), registration cancelled 1971-12-01, S/N 3514 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J-3C
- Registry model: [Piper J3C-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (registry code 7100510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Mim S Airstrip

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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