# NTSB MIA68F0469: Sisu 1A, N331A, Eagleville, TN, April 21, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 21, 1968
- Place: Eagleville, TN · EAGLEVILLE, TN
- Location: 35.7435° N, 86.6530° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eagleville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7435&lon=-86.6530&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 20, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 111252
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA68F0469
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA68F0469

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N331A-1969-01-29), registration cancelled 1969-01-29, S/N 109, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SISU 1A
- Registry model: [Arlington SISU 1A](https://openairdocs.org/model/arlington-sisu-1a) (registry code 0780132) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Eagleville

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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