- Date
- May 30, 1964
- Place
- Fairfield, NJ · FAIRFIELD, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N23265Piper J3C
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183592
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0389 64/5/30 FAIRFIELD NJ PIPER J3C CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 6800 TIME - 1420 N23265 PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CALDWELL WRIGHT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ACTION,LACK OF REMARKS- DURING AIR SHOW ACROBATIC ROUTINE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23265
- Reported as
- Piper J3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Caldwell Wright
N23265Registration cancelled Aug 16, 2011 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental A&C75 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.