- Date
- January 20, 1968
- Place
- Tobaccoville, NC · TOBACCOVILLE, NC
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9098YPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111780
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0280 68/1/20 TOBACCOVILLE,NC PIPER PA-31 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 9000 TIME - 1217 N9098Y PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 31 IN TYPE, 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 FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN PRACTISING STALLS. ENTERED FLAT SPIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9098Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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