- Date
- October 7, 1965
- Place
- Muncie, IN · MUNCIE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6138SAir Space 18A
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175903
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1073 65/10/7 MUNCIE IND AIR SPACE 18A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1120 N6138S PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE AGE 53, 1200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 6 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AIR SPACE CO. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: OTHER FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE FLIGHT TRAINING-PROCEDURES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- LATERAL CONTROL DEFICIENCY. 30 MINUTES TOTAL SOLO IN TYPE WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6138S
- Reported as
- Air Space 18A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Air Space Co.
N6138SRegistration cancelled Nov 17, 1965 · Air & Space America 18AAirframe modelAir & Space America 18A
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.