- Date
- January 14, 1981
- Place
- Scottsdale, AZ · SCOTTSDALE, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5578JThunder P-40
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810114001029A
- Case key
- 127174
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0130 81/1/14 SCOTTSDALE,AZ THUNDER P-40 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0748 N5578J PX- 0 0 0 TEST 47, 16451 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SCOTTSDALE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SCOTTSDALE,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- FIRST FLIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5578J
- Reported as
- Thunder P-40
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Scottsdale Muni
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.