Piper J3C-65 N42130

3 April 1973 · Apple Vally, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 3 April 1973 at about 11:20 local time, a Piper J3C-65 registered N42130 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Apple Vally, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 3 April 1973 at 11:20
Classification: Accident
Location: Apple Vally, California, United States
Nearest airport: Apple Valley
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper J3C-65
Registration: N42130
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Lucerne Valley, Calif → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1046

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

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

PLT SAID WIND SHIFTED FROM HEADWIND TO R X-WIND.GUSTING TO 18K.

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 3-1046, 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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