- Date
- December 30, 1972
- Place
- Flowery Branch, GA · FLOWERY BRANCH, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9149RN. American F-51D
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169185
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4092 72/12/30 FLOWERY BRANCH,GA N. AMERICAN F-51D CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 7300 TIME - 1524 N9149R PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLOWERY BRANCH,GA ATLANTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- MERLIN ENG.HIT GND AFTR FLYING FORMATION WITH ANOTHER ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9149R
- Reported as
- N. American F-51D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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