- Date
- October 18, 1980
- Place
- Citrus Heights, CA · CITRUS HEIGHTS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N18520Porterfield 35W
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801018057649A
- Case key
- 129069
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2992 80/10/18 CITRUS HEIGHTS,CA PORTERFIELD 35W CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 143 TIME - 1300 N18520 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CITRUS HEIGHTS,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- DRG FLT FOR PLEASURE/PICTURE TAKING,ACFT OBSD TO ENTER TURN,THEN GO INTO SPIN.ALT APRX 500-1000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18520
- Reported as
- Porterfield 35W
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.