Piper J-3 N6987H

1 September 1973 · Greene, Rhode Island, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 1 September 1973 at about 15:15 local time, a Piper J-3 registered N6987H, operated by JAY Bees Flyin, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Greene, Rhode Island, 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: 1 September 1973 at 15:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Greene, Rhode Island, United States
Nearest airport: Riconn
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper J-3
Registration: N6987H
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: JAY Bees Flyin
Operating rule: Flying Club
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2382

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

SANDAL TYPE SHOE BECAME ENTANGLED IN RUDDER PEDALS.

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 3-2382, 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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