# NTSB CHI77FEI18: Vern Board Mini, N57VB, Lorain, OH, April 26, 1977

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 26, 1977
- Place: Lorain, OH · LORAIN, OH
- Location: 41.4388° N, 82.1797° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lorain, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4388&lon=-82.1797&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 17, 1977
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 146731
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI77FEI18
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEI18

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2623  77/4/26    LORAIN,OH           VERN BOARD MINI     CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 58, 700
        TIME - 1420                    N57VB               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 44 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LORAIN,OH                   LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N57VB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: VERN BOARD MINI
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Lorain County

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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