# NTSB MKC68F0510: Pr.Prairie SPL 2, N8635E, Pr.Prairie, KS, April 14, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 14, 1968
- Place: Pr.Prairie, KS · PR.PRAIRIE, KS
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 17, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 111241
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC68F0510
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC68F0510

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0899  68/4/14    PR.PRAIRIE,KANS     PR.PRAIRIE SPL 2    CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 58, 6000
        TIME - 1730                    N8635E              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 46 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - UNRUH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
        REMARKS- NO FLT TIME FOR PAST 90 DAYS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8635E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PR.PRAIRIE SPL 2
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Unruh

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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