- Date
- April 19, 1969
- Place
- Midland, TX · MIDLAND, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N802WWindecker AC-7
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 188326
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0975 69/4/19 MIDLAND,TEX WINDECKER AC-7 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 1479 TIME - 1440 N802W PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 59 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN REMARKS- SPIN TEST FOR ACFT CERTIFICATION.PLT UN TO RECOVER,PARACHUTED ON 18TH TURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N802W
- Reported as
- Windecker AC-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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