- Date
- May 7, 1966
- Place
- Mesa, AZ · MESA, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N97919Stinson 108
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172237
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1102 66/5/7 MESA ARIZ STINSON 108 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 510 TIME - 0200 N97919 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FALCON FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE REMARKS- PILOT WAS MAKING TOUCH AND GO NIGHT LANDINGS.FLEW INTO THE GROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97919
- Reported as
- Stinson 108
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Falcon Field
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