- Date
- July 1, 1972
- Place
- Vidalia, GA · VIDALIA, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6418BMidamerican 172
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166659
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0894 72/7/1 VIDALIA,GA MIDAMERICAN 172 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 45 TOTAL TIME - 0950 N6418B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VIDALIA-LYONS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VIDALIA,GA SAVANNAH,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- MID-AMERICAN STOL CONVERSION,STC 1371SW. STALLED FROM STEEP CLIMB OUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6418B
- Reported as
- Midamerican 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Vidalia-Lyons
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.