# NTSB CHI69F0424: Albar 02, N3141, Mt.Pleasant, MI, December 29, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 29, 1968
- Place: Mt.Pleasant, MI · MT.PLEASANT, MI
- Location: 43.5967° N, 84.7760° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Pleasant, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5967&lon=-84.7760&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 26, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 191887
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI69F0424
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69F0424

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4516  68/12/29   MT.PLEASANT,MICH    ALBAR 02            CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 33, 519
        TIME - 1510                    N3141               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 52 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        REMARKS- PLT TOOK OFF FROM FARM FLD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3141 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ALBAR 02
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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