- Date
- September 2, 1967
- Place
- Grinnell, IA · GRINNELL, IA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4801EStits SA6-B
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114501
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0776 67/9/2 GRINNELL,IOWA STITS SA6-B CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 54, 207 TIME - 1500 N4801E PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRINNELL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4801E
- Reported as
- Stits SA6-B
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grinnell
N4801ERegistration cancelled Aug 27, 2012 · Stits Flut-R-Bug SA6BAirframe modelStits Flut-R-Bug SA6BEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.