Piper J3C-65 N70465

22 March 1970 · Mexia, Texas, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 22 March 1970 at about 17:45 local time, a Piper J3C-65 registered N70465 was involved in an accident during in flight near Mexia, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 22 March 1970 at 17:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Mexia, Texas, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper J3C-65
Registration: N70465
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1338

People

2 people had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	2	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1338, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

Also in

United States 170,864 Piper J3C 781 1970 4,980

Other Piper J3C accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
19 Dec 1970	Piper J3C-65 N92635	Scotia, New York, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
7 Jul 1970	Piper J3C-65 N30501	Crawford, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	Cheyenne Aero	Fatal	1
21 May 1970	Piper J3C N98889	Sealston, Virginia, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
23 Aug 1970	Piper J3C-65 N98105	Hartsville, South Carolina, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
24 Apr 1970	Piper J3C N33237	Jackson, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
15 Feb 1970	Piper J3C-65 N3482K	Dunbar, Nebraska, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-

All 781 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
20 Jan 1970	Piper PA-28 N98044	Norwood, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	E W Wiggins AI	No injuries	-
10 Mar 1970	Cessna 182 N71359	Albany, New York, United States no coordinates	McIntyre Aviat	No injuries	-
12 Apr 1970	N American SNJ-4 N6411D	Dothan, Alabama, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
8 Mar 1970	Cessna 182 N8862X	Ridgely, Maryland, United States no coordinates	Charles B Todd	No injuries	-
24 Jul 1970	Piper PA-28 N6505J	Torrance, California, United States no coordinates	Sperry Air SER	No injuries	-
12 Dec 1970	Aeronca 11AC N3247E	Butler, Georgia, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2

All 170,864 records in United States