Piper PA-12 N3222M

7 November 1971 · Beaufort, North Carolina, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 7 November 1971 at about 09:15 local time, a Piper PA-12 registered N3222M was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Beaufort, North Carolina, 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: 7 November 1971 at 09:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Beaufort, North Carolina, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-12
Registration: N3222M
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3930

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.

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LNDD ON SOFT BEACH.

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 3-3930, 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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