- Date
- February 28, 1969
- Place
- Morehead City, NC · MOREHEAD CITY, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4186MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191387
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0255 69/2/28 MOREHEAD CITY,NC PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 43, 60 TOTAL TIME - 1515 N4186M PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT 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 FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- PLT PRACTICING FLIGHT MANEUVERS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4186M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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