- Date
- November 1, 1964
- Place
- Arbovale, WV · ARBOVALE, WV
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4149MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184153
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0789 64/11/1 ARBOVALE W VA PIPER PA-12 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 36, UNK/NR TIME - 1505 N4149M PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HEUNER S FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4149M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Heuner S Field
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