Piper J3C-65 N3400N

6 June 1975 · Scenic, South Dakota, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 6 June 1975 at about 10:30 local time, a Piper J3C-65 registered N3400N was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Scenic, South Dakota, 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: 6 June 1975 at 10:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Scenic, South Dakota, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper J3C-65
Registration: N3400N
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Rocky Ford, Sd → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1466

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

WIND GUSTING 12K.ACFT SWERVED INTO ADJ DITCH.

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 3-1466, 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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