- Date
- March 24, 1975
- Place
- Los Alamos, NM · LOS ALAMOS, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N72894Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750324010399A
- Case key
- 146837
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0976 75/3/24 LOS ALAMOS,NM CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1730 N72894 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 35, 3820 TOTAL HOURS, 441 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS ALAMOS,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ENTERED SPIRAL FROM INTNTL SPIN. DMGD WGS DRG RECOVERY. LNDD OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72894
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N72894 · 1
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