- Date
- February 9, 1977
- Place
- Muleshoe, TX · MULESHOE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N260SBSkybolt 260
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770209002279A
- Case key
- 157442
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0134 77/2/9 MULESHOE,TX SKYBOLT 260 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1400 N260SB PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 39, 9000 TOTAL HOURS, 75 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MULESHOE,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- UN RECOVER FRM INTENTIONAL INVERTED SPIN,PARACHUTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N260SB
- Reported as
- Skybolt 260
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N260SBRegistration cancelled Mar 31, 1977 · Corbell-Coker STEEN SKYBOLTAirframe modelCorbell-Coker STEEN SKYBOLT
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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.