- Date
- July 19, 1965
- Place
- Oliver Sprgs, TN · OLIVER SPRGS, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6773MStinson 108-3
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177268
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0629 65/7/19 NR.OLIVER SPRGS TENN STINSON 108-3 CR- 1 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1945 N6773M PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 37, 1020 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ATOMIC AIRPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE REMARKS- POWERLINES NORTH AND EAST OF AIRPORT REDUCE FIELD GLIDE RATIO BELOW ACDEPTABLE MINIMUMS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6773M
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Atomic Airport
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