- Date
- January 4, 1969
- Place
- Torrington, WY · TORRINGTON, WY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N382TSmith DSA-1
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191738
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0394 69/1/4 TORRINGTON,WYO SMITH DSA-1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N382T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 22, 405 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 36 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TORRINGTON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PLT ENGAGED IN LOW ALTITUDE ACROBATICS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N382T
- Reported as
- Smith DSA-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Torrington
N382TRegistration cancelled Sep 23, 1971 · Heilig William B SMITH MINIPLANEDSA1Airframe modelHeilig William B SMITH MINIPLANEDSA1
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.