# NTSB MKC66A0024: Sr.Aero SPT D-260, N4648T, Hamel, MN, October 10, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 10, 1965
- Place: Hamel, MN · HAMEL, MN
- Location: 45.0411° N, 93.5255° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hamel, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0411&lon=-93.5255&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 8, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175846
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC66A0024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC66A0024

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0872  65/10/10   HAMEL MINN          SR.AERO SPT D-260   CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1525                    N4648T              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 37, 1800 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            40 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
        REMARKS- ELEVATOR TRIM FULL NOSE DOWN FOR LOOP
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4648T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SR.AERO SPT D-260
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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