- Date
- April 8, 1974
- Place
- El Paso, TX · EL PASO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9840Gibson Teenie
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740408009409A
- Case key
- 124408
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1091 74/4/8 EL PASO,TEX GIBSON TEENIE CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 600 TIME - 1650 N9840 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL PASO INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL PASO,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- CLOSED PATTERN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9840
- Reported as
- Gibson Teenie
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- El Paso Intl
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.