- Date
- August 10, 1975
- Place
- Muscle Shoals, AL · MUSCLE SHOALS, AL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8220GCessna A188B
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 150549
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3082 75/8/10 MUSCLE SHOALS,AL CESSNA A188B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1600 N8220G PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 30, 7000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 25 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MUSCLE SHOALS,AL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- PAX AND PLT IN SAME SEAT. ACFT INADVERTENTLY ENTERED A FLAT SPIN FROM A STALL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8220G
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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