- Date
- June 8, 1974
- Place
- Porterville, CA · PORTERVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N56002Ryan ST-3KR
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740608016919A
- Case key
- 130127
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2400 74/6/8 PORTERVILLE,CALIF RYAN ST-3KR CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, UNK/NR TIME - 0510 N56002 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORTERVILLE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORTERVILLE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- FLT OF 3,LOW PASS.1BROKE RT,1 BROKE LFT IN FRNT OF RYAN.OTR PLTS DIDNT KNOW RYAN HAD JOINED FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56002
- Reported as
- Ryan ST-3KR
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Porterville Muni
N56002Registration cancelled Jul 31, 1974 · Ryan Aeronautical ST3KRAirframe modelRyan Aeronautical ST3KR
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.