- Date
- May 11, 1970
- Place
- Calipatria, CA · CALIPATRIA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1021Smith DSA-1
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 126009
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0743 70/5/11 CALIPATRIA,CALIF SMITH DSA-1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1606 N1021 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 36, 5800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 155 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CALIPATRIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALIPATRIA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- FLT PHASE UNKN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1021
- Reported as
- Smith DSA-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Calipatria
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