- Date
- March 9, 1980
- Place
- Saginaw, TX · SAGINAW, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4156Mooney M-18C
- Status
- Completed · report March 11, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800309005599A
- Case key
- 132242
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0087 80/3/9 SAGINAW,TX MOONEY M-18C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 543 TIME - 0755 N4156 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 146 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RED OLIVER FARM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPRINGTOWN,TX LAKE MURRAY,OK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- WITNESS OBSD ACFT STALL/SPIN AFTER PLT MADE SLOWPASS OVR ARPT TO SIGNAL OTHER PLTS TO TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4156
- Reported as
- Mooney M-18C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Red Oliver Farm
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4156 · 1
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