- Date
- October 10, 1965
- Place
- Brownwood, TX · BROWNWOOD, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N46472Douglas SBD-5
- Status
- Completed · report January 20, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175810
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0801 65/10/10 BROWNWOOD,TEX DOUGLAS SBD-5 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 47, 400 TIME - 1600 N46472 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL REMARKS- PILOTS PREVIOUS FLIGHT EXPERIENCE DID NOT INCLUDE AIRCRAFT IN THE WEIGHT-POWER CATEGORY OF N46472.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46472
- Reported as
- Douglas SBD-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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