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MIA72FLG14

1971-10-03 · CLIO, South Carolina, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
PIPER J3C-65 · N37949
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
MACK LAMAR
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000006725
Total time
2,986 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
340
Age
32

Investigator remarks

LNDD IN FLD OF 5FT TALL COTTON.

Cause factors

  • 74/C/KA C
    POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
  • 83/B/D B
    TERRAIN HIGH VEGETATION
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3952. Source file NTSB_1971_3_3952.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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