- Date
- September 6, 1969
- Place
- Chino, CA · CHINO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1385Thorp T-18
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180534
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2439 69/9/6 CHINO,CALIF THORP T-18 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 1000 TIME - 1107 N1385 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 82 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHINO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHINO,CALIF CHINO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT WAS OBSERVED IN LOW ALT SPIN PRIOR TO STRIKING POWER LINES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1385
- Reported as
- Thorp T-18
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Chino
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