- Date
- July 1, 1966
- Place
- La Porte, IN · LA PORTE, IN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1147Dehavilland DHC-1B
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171168
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1159 66/7/1 LA PORTE,IND DEHAVILLAND DHC-1B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 402 TIME - 1952 N1147 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 79 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LA PORTE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ENG CUT OUT DURING ABRUPT PULL UP FROM LOW PASS.INSUFFICIENT ALT FOR SAFE RECOVERY FROM SPIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1147
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- La Porte
N1147Registration cancelled Oct 9, 2009 · Dehavilland DHC-1B-2-S5Airframe modelDehavilland DHC-1B-2-S5Engine modelDehav ENG GIPSY MAJOR
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