- Date
- May 17, 1972
- Place
- Carpinteria, CA · CARPINTERIA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N86050Aeronca 11AC
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166916
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2067 72/5/17 CARPINTERIA,CALIF AERONCA 11AC CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 40, 117 TIME - 1730 N86050 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PARSONS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARPINTERIA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- OBS SAW ACFT RECOVER FROM SPIN ABOUT 1000 AGL THEN ENTER SPIN TO IMPACT IN OCEAN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86050
- Reported as
- Aeronca 11AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Parsons
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