- Date
- July 21, 1978
- Place
- Flagstaff, AZ · FLAGSTAFF, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6KWMidget Mustng
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780721023439A
- Case key
- 140726
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2082 78/7/21 NR.FLAGSTAFF,AZ MIDGET MUSTNG CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1838 N6KW PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 45, 15500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 300 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLAGSTAFF DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLAGSTAFF,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- DENSITY ALTITUDE 9800FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6KW
- Reported as
- Midget Mustng
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Flagstaff
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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.