- Date
- September 1, 1974
- Place
- Grnd Canyon, AZ · GRND CANYON, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4056CStinson 108-3
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740901033289A
- Case key
- 138860
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3166 74/9/1 GRND CANYON,ARIZ STINSON 108-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0900 N4056C PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 25, 1552 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 60 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAND CANYON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRND CANYON,ARIZ UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 61 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- PILOT MADE STEEP TURN AFTER TKOF.DENSITY ALT ABT 8500 FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4056C
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Grand Canyon
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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.