- Date
- May 24, 1968
- Place
- Eureka Sprngs, AR · EUREKA SPRNGS, AR
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N91727Navion A
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115023
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1685 68/5/24 EUREKA SPRNGS,ARK NAVION A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 582 TIME - 2015 N91727 PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 130 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- UNLIGHTED AREA WITH NO HORIZON REFERENCE.PLT NOT INST RATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91727
- Reported as
- Navion A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N91727Registration cancelled Jun 26, 1968 · North American NAVIONAirframe modelNorth American NAVION
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