- Date
- April 21, 1965
- Place
- Terrell, TX · TERRELL, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N103SSwickster 1
- Status
- Completed · report July 16, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178430
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1115 65/4/21 TERRELL TEX SWICKSTER 1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1730 N103S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 37, 8000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 109 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PILOT PARACHUTED SAFELY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N103S
- Reported as
- Swickster 1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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