- Date
- April 21, 1968
- Place
- Eagleville, TN · EAGLEVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N331ASisu 1A
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111252
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0909 68/4/21 EAGLEVILLE,TENN SISU 1A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 575 TIME - 1430 N331A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 68 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EAGLEVILLE 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 - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS REMARKS- ACFT SPUN FROM STEEP CLIMBING TURN AFTER PATTERN ENTRY. FLAPS WERE DOWN,CG NEAR AFT LIMITS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N331A
- Reported as
- Sisu 1A
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Eagleville
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