- Date
- September 21, 1968
- Place
- Grafton, IL · GRAFTON, IL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8344VChampion 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report January 6, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107435
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3918 68/9/21 GRAFTON,ILL CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 0 2 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1920 N8344V PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 27, 360 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 48 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- NITE INST TRNG FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8344V
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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