- Date
- July 22, 1965
- Place
- Lake Charles, LA · LAKE CHARLES, LA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7769PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177275
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0655 65/7/22 NR.LAKE CHARLES LA PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 17, 127 TIME - 1345 N7769P PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 26 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PHASE OF FLUGHT IS UNKOWN.STUDENT PILOT IN LEFT PILOT SEAT WAS SON OF THE OWNER OFN7769P.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7769P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7769PRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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