- Date
- August 23, 1972
- Place
- Edgewood, NM · EDGEWOOD, NM
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8341HEmigh Acft Trojan
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167601
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1436 72/8/23 EDGEWOOD,N MEX EMIGH ACFT TROJAN CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 135 TIME - 0605 N8341H PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ALBUQUERQUE,N MEX IOWA FALLS,IOWA DALHART,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- ACFT OBS SPINNING OUT OF HEAVY OCST. PLT ADVISED BY FSS TO DELAY DEP DUE ENROUTE TSTM ACTIVITY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8341H
- Reported as
- Emigh Acft Trojan
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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