- Date
- January 12, 1969
- Place
- Jasper, TX · JASPER, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2940Grumman G-73
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191605
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0182 69/1/12 JASPER,TEX GRUMMAN G-73 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 41, 4000 TIME - 1140 N2940 PX- 0 0 2 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, 146 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION REMARKS- PLT INADVERTENTLY LOWERED FLAPS TO 30 DEG. CAUSED ACFT TO PORPOISE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2940
- Reported as
- Grumman G-73
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage