- Date
- May 22, 1964
- Place
- Dixie, ID · DIXIE, ID
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N40912Piper J3F-65
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185060
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0408 64/5/22 NR.DIXIE IDAHO PIPER J3F-65 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 230 TIME - 1505 N40912 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 82 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS BLOWING SNOW TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-05/24/64.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40912
- Reported as
- Piper J3F-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N40912Registration cancelled May 4, 2019 · Piper J3L-65Airframe modelPiper J3L-65Engine modelFranklin 4AC176B series
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