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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Phlpow SPARROWHWKM5 · Franklin, IN · March 18, 1979

Date
March 18, 1979 · 13:30 local
Place
Franklin, IN
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N27GC
Reported as
Phlpow SPARROWHWKM5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,115 total14 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot made a steep turn at low altitude following takeoff. Aircraft stalled.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE A STEEP TURN AT LOW ALTITUDE FOLLOWING TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT STALLED.