- Date
- May 20, 1971
- Place
- Mapleton, IA · MAPLETON, IA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9599CGrumman TBM-3E
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162271
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4041 71/5/20 MAPLETON,IOWA GRUMMAN TBM-3E CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 12871 TIME - 1530 N9599C PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 63 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CASPER,WYO NEW BRUNSWICK,CAN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CANOPY WAS OPEN.PLTS CHUTE DEPLOYED FROM WITHIN COCKPIT,CAUSE UNK,DRAPED OVER AFT CTL SURFACES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9599C
- Reported as
- Grumman TBM-3E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed