- Date
- June 24, 1974
- Place
- Kline, SC · KLINE, SC
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N720QGrumman G-1159
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1975
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19740624044429A
- Case key
- 79855
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1400 74/6/24 KLINE,SC GRUMMAN G-1159 CR- 3 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1545 N720Q PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING 48, 14500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 4000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAVANNAH,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: WING SPOILER SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUNDED REMARKS- UNWANTED EXTSN OF GND & FLT SPOILERS,PBLY DUE SHORT IN EXTEND CKT.L GND SPOILER ACT FAILED IN FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N720Q
- Reported as
- Grumman G-1159
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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