- Date
- July 20, 1974
- Place
- Mt.Pleasant, TX · MT.PLEASANT, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N25CKnight Twst 85B
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740720023269A
- Case key
- 128703
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2077 74/7/20 MT.PLEASANT,TEX KNIGHT TWST 85B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0830 N25C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 43, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MT.PLEASANT,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25C
- Reported as
- Knight Twst 85B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N25CRegistration cancelled May 8, 1975 · Watts-Knight Twister 85BAirframe modelWatts-Knight Twister 85B
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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.
Other investigations on N25C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.