- Date
- August 31, 1964
- Place
- Chattanooga, TN · CHATTANOOGA, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N30798Piper J3
- Status
- Completed · report November 4, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182001
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2703 64/8/31 CHATTANOOGA TENN PIPER J3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 39, 19 TOTAL TIME - 1733 N30798 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOVELL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS - PROP/JET/ROTOR BLAST REMARKS- TAXIED BEHIND ELECTRA WAITING TO TAKE RUNWAY FOR TAKEOFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30798
- Reported as
- Piper J3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lovell
N30798Registration cancelled May 1, 2020 · Piper J3L-65Airframe modelPiper J3L-65Engine modelContinental C85 series
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