- Date
- September 4, 1967
- Place
- Eldridge, IA · ELDRIDGE, IA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N47PMiniplane Smith
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114588
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1111 67/9/4 ELDRIDGE,IOWA MINIPLANE SMITH CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 708 TIME - 1140 N47P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 170 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED 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 MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-9/5/67.PHASE OF FLT UNKNOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47P
- Reported as
- Miniplane Smith
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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