- Date
- September 1, 1966
- Place
- Whites City, NM · WHITES CITY, NM
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N969CStinson 108-3
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121082
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2454 66/9/1 WHITES CITY N MEX STINSON 108-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 564 TIME - 1545 N969C PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CARLSBAD CAVERNS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 205 30 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N969C
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Carlsbad Caverns
N969CRegistration cancelled May 20, 2015 · Universal Stinson 108-3Airframe modelUniversal Stinson 108-3Engine modelFranklin 6A4165 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.