# NTSB UNK64X2018: Piper J3C, N23265, Fairfield, NJ, May 30, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: May 30, 1964
- Place: Fairfield, NJ · FAIRFIELD, NJ
- Location: 40.8837° N, 74.3060° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairfield, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8837&lon=-74.3060&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report August 26, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183592
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2018
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2018

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23265-2011-08-16), registration cancelled 2011-08-16, S/N 3169, built 1939 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C
- Registry model: [Piper J3C-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (registry code 7100510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C75 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (registry code 17005, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Caldwell Wright

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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