- Date
- February 20, 1971
- Place
- Starkville, MS · STARKVILLE, MS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4394EAeronca 7DC
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161354
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4229 71/2/20 STARKVILLE,MISS AERONCA 7DC CR- 1 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 21, 560 TIME - 1530 N4394E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRYAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STARKVILLE,MISS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- INTNTL SPIN,DID NOT RECOVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4394E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7DC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bryan
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