- Date
- March 9, 1968
- Place
- Deland, FL · DELAND, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8486DPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report April 15, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111655
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0528 68/3/9 DELAND,FLA PIPER PA-18 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 119 TIME - UNK/NR N8486D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-3-10-68.UNKNOWN IF STALL-SPIN WAS INTENTIONAL OR UNINTENTIONAL OR ALT OF OCCURENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8486D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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