- Date
- August 24, 1964
- Place
- Somerset City, ME · SOMERSET CITY, ME
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N25784Piper J3C
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181900
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2611 64/8/24 SOMERSET CITY ME PIPER J3C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 450 TIME - 1800 N25784 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25784
- Reported as
- Piper J3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N25784Registration cancelled Aug 5, 2013 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental A&C75 series
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