# NTSB UNK64X1890: Piper J3F-65, N40912, Dixie, ID, May 22, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 22, 1964
- Place: Dixie, ID · DIXIE, ID
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 13, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185060
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X1890
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1890

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40912-2019-05-04), registration cancelled 2019-05-04, S/N 7596, built 1941 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3F-65
- Registry model: [Piper J3L-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3l-65) (registry code 7100546) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Franklin 4AC176B series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-4ac176b-series) (registry code 27006, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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