- Date
- January 13, 1976
- Place
- Sarasota, FL · SARASOTA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6SUUptonsunera I 2
- Status
- Completed · report June 15, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760113006179A
- Case key
- 152706
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0984 76/1/13 SARASOTA,FL UPTONSUNERA I 2 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 2446 TIME - 1645 N6SU PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SARASOTA,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- ACFT NOT ACROBATIC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6SU
- Reported as
- Uptonsunera I 2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.