- Date
- May 17, 1978
- Place
- Greensboro, NC · GREENSBORO, NC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N666MCN-American SNJ-5
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780517015139A
- Case key
- 141849
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1262 78/5/17 GREENSBORO,NC N-AMERICAN SNJ-5 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1445 N666MC PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 45, 20000 TOTAL HOURS, 3 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BURLINGTON,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- LOW ALTITUDE ACROBATICS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N666MC
- Reported as
- N-American SNJ-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.