Piper J3C N35670

20 August 1974 · Fair Haven, Michigan, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 20 August 1974 at about 20:30 local time, a Piper J3C registered N35670 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Fair Haven, Michigan, 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: 20 August 1974 at 20:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Fair Haven, Michigan, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper J3C
Registration: N35670
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: Night (Moonlight-Bright)
NTSB number: 3-2944

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 DPTD ARPT AREA BFR HE REALIZED LOW ON FUEL.

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 3-2944, 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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