- Date
- March 30, 1969
- Place
- Aledo, IL · ALEDO, IL
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6346PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185155
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2298 69/3/30 ALEDO,ILL PIPER PA-24 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 120 TIME - 1815 N6346P PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERCER COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- ACFT OBSERVED TO SPIN WITH NO EVIDENCE OF RECOVERY ATTEMPT. LDG GR DOWN,FLAPS FULL DOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6346P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mercer County
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