- Date
- January 25, 1966
- Place
- Tolstoy, SD · TOLSTOY, SD
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N78820Piper PA-11
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201515
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0157 66/1/25 NR.TOLSTOY S DAK PIPER PA-11 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 36, 548 TIME - 1100 N78820 PX- 0 0 1 HUNTING TOTAL HOURS, 520 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78820
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N78820Registration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · Piper PA-11Airframe modelPiper PA-11Engine modelContinental C85 series
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