- Date
- March 13, 1965
- Place
- Mercedes, TX · MERCEDES, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1228NCurtiss P-40
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179772
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0085 65/3/13 MERCEDES TEX CURTISS P-40 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1315 N1228N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 34, 3000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 100 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REBEL FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS REMARKS- PILOT ATTEMPTED A SLOW ROLL WITH ABOUT 29 DEGREES OF FLAPS EXTENDED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1228N
- Reported as
- Curtiss P-40
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Rebel Field
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