- Date
- May 30, 1964
- Place
- Blossvale, NY · BLOSSVALE, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N71080Piper J3
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183770
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1473 64/5/30 BLOSSVALE NY PIPER J3 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 35, 47 TOTAL TIME - 1550 N71080 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 29 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BECKS GROVE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71080
- Reported as
- Piper J3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Becks Grove
N71080Registration cancelled Nov 21, 2017 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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