- Date
- November 8, 1968
- Place
- Bartow, FL · BARTOW, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5950HPiper PA-16
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107740
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4549 68/11/8 BARTOW,FLA PIPER PA-16 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 912 TIME - 1330 N5950H PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BARTOW TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- ACFT ENTERED SPIN WHEN PLT CHECKED WIND SOCK. IMPROPER SPIN RECOVERY PROCEDURE USED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5950H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bartow
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