Piper PA-18A N3971P

12 August 1971 · Fabens, Texas, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 12 August 1971 at about 09:30 local time, a Piper PA-18A registered N3971P, operated by Adrian Deloss, was involved in an accident during in flight near Fabens, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 12 August 1971 at 09:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Fabens, Texas, United States
Nearest airport: Miller Ranch
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-18A
Registration: N3971P
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Adrian Deloss
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Aerial Application
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3039

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	1	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.

Read the full NTSB narrative

CRASH LNDD IN PECAN GROVE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB 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 3-3039, 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.

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