- Date
- May 22, 1967
- Place
- Ft Mcdowell, AZ · FT MCDOWELL, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N1509HHelton LARK95
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116907
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0532 67/5/22 FT MCDOWELL,ARIZ HELTON LARK95 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - UNK/NR N1509H PX- 0 0 0 TEST AGE 49, 7850 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 60 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 104 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 135 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ACFT SPIN CHUTE NOT INSTALLED FOR THIS FLT. TEMP 104 DEGS FHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1509H
- Reported as
- Helton LARK95
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Falcon Field
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