- Date
- February 21, 1969
- Place
- Russellville, AL · RUSSELLVILLE, AL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N97478Stinson 108-2
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191041
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0765 69/2/21 RUSSELLVILLE,ALA STINSON 108-2 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1845 N97478 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 32, 418 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RUSSELLVILLE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. REMARKS- APRXLY 321 LBS OVERWEIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97478
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Russellville
N97478Registration cancelled Jul 26, 2018 · Stinson 108-2Airframe modelStinson 108-2Engine modelLycoming 0-435A/0-435C
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