- Date
- April 21, 1968
- Place
- Lubbock, TX · LUBBOCK, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7264DPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111355
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1045 68/4/21 LUBBOCK,TEX PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 1 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1415 N7264D PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 36, 668 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 145 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS DUAL STUDENT - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- STUDENT FROZE ON CONTROLS AT LOW ALT DURING GLIDING SPIRAL MANEUVER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7264D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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