- Date
- July 3, 1969
- Place
- Lagrange, KY · LAGRANGE, KY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5976ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169009
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2225 69/7/3 LAGRANGE,KY PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1235 N5976Z PX- 1 0 0 POWER/PIPELINE AGE 45, 1402 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 44 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- STALLED DURING STEEP R BANK AT LOW ALT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5976Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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