- Date
- September 26, 1970
- Place
- Minneapolis, MN · MINNEAPOLIS, MN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N109NGCurtiss Oriole
- Status
- Completed · report January 6, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169205
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1831 70/9/26 MINNEAPOLIS,MINN CURTISS ORIOLE CR- 1 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1626 N109NG PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 50, 19213 TOTAL HOURS, 12 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MINNEAPOLIS INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINNEAPOLIS,MINN LACROSS,WISC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- 1920 MODEL ACFT RESTORED TO ORIGINAL CONDITION,EXP CAT.ENG CK OK AT TEARDOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N109NG
- Reported as
- Curtiss Oriole
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Minneapolis Intl
N109NGRegistration cancelled Feb 23, 1972 · Curtis Oriole Club C-6 ORIOLEAirframe modelCurtis Oriole Club C-6 ORIOLE
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.