Accident Piper L-4J Cub LN-TVN, Monday 18 March 1968
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Date:Monday 18 March 1968
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic J3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper L-4J Cub
Owner/operator:Mo Flyklubb
Registration: LN-TVN
MSN: 12570
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Røssvoll -   Norway
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Røssvoll Airfield
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: Flyhavarikommisjon
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
Crashed.

Cause of the accident
The cause of LN-TVN's accident at Røssvoll airfield on March 18, 1968 was that the aircraft was maneuvered into an inadvertent spin. The pilot's insufficient knowledge of and experience in recovering control of the aircraft from unusual attitudes and the relatively low altitude at which the aircraft was operating, resulted in the pilot bringing the aircraft so low that it collided with some treetops and crashed to the ground.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: Flyhavarikommisjon
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

Norwegian Civil Aircraft since 1919 / K. Hagby, 1980 (ISBN 0 904597 2 7)
ex.USAAF/44-80274.
https://havarikommisjonen.no/Luftfart/Luftfart/Avgitte-rapporter/1968-07?pid=SHT-Report-ReportFile&attach=1

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Mar-2008 13:00 ASN archive Added
19-Feb-2011 04:17 Masen63 Updated [Country, Narrative, ]
18-Feb-2013 01:58 Masen63 Updated [Location, Nature, ]
14-Sep-2017 18:36 TB Updated [Other fatalities, Nature, Narrative, ]
04-Aug-2019 11:01 A.J.Scholten Updated [Source, ]
14-Jul-2025 06:17 HanayoPlus Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
14-Jul-2025 06:19 ASN Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Accident report, ]

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