- Date
- October 24, 1974
- Place
- Huntington, IN · HUNTINGTON, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N22AJSidewinder Smyth
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741024037059A
- Case key
- 140948
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3387 74/10/24 HUNTINGTON,IND SIDEWINDER SMYTH CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1615 N22AJ PX- 0 0 0 TEST AGE 28, 1810 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 20 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUNTINGTON,IND LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- OBSVD,LOW PASS THEN ACFT CLBD TO ABT 1000FT AGL AFTR STEEP PULL-UP PRIOR TO SPIRAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22AJ
- Reported as
- Sidewinder Smyth
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N22AJRegistration cancelled Dec 20, 1974 · Sutton SMYTH SIDEWINDERAirframe modelSutton SMYTH SIDEWINDER
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.