- Date
- November 13, 1977
- Place
- Hope, NM · HOPE, NM
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N178CStinson 108-2
- Status
- Completed · report January 13, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771113040649A
- Case key
- 144182
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3879 77/11/13 NR.HOPE,NM STINSON 108-2 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, UNK/NR TIME - 0235 N178C PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARTESIA,NM. EL PASO,TX. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N178C
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N178CRegistration cancelled Feb 28, 1978 · Universal Stinson 108-2Airframe modelUniversal Stinson 108-2
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.