- Date
- March 5, 1968
- Place
- Lafayette, CO · LAFAYETTE, CO
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8944JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111494
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0948 68/3/5 LAFAYETTE,COLO PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 73 TOTAL TIME - 0951 N8944J PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. REMARKS- NO SPIN RECOVERY TRAINING.REAR CG EXCEEDED APPROX 4 IN.ACFT FIRST SEEN IN SPIN APPROX 1500 FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8944J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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