Piper J3C-65 N58462

17 August 1969 · Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 17 August 1969 at about 11:15 local time, a Piper J3C-65 registered N58462, operated by Paramount Air, was involved in an accident during in flight near Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 17 August 1969 at 11:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
Nearest airport: Ft Story
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper J3C-65
Registration: N58462
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Paramount Air
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Aerial Advertising
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3548

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 RELEASED TOWED BANNER WITH ACFT IN NOSE HI ATTITUDE AT LO ALT AND AIRSPEED. DAMAGED TREE

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 3-3548, 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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