- Date
- July 28, 1975
- Place
- Valparaiso, IN · VALPARAISO, IN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N78378Aero Comdr 500A
- Status
- Completed · report September 3, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750728028929A
- Case key
- 150478
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3590 75/7/28 VALPARAISO,IN AERO COMDR 500A CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 459 TIME - 1950 N78378 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 155 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GARY,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD TO ENTER STALL FOLLOWED BY A SPIN.STUDENT LOG HAD 2 PREV DUAL FLTS, ONE BY A CFI.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78378
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 500A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.