- Date
- February 26, 1975
- Place
- Clinton, IA · CLINTON, IA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5389LPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750226010379A
- Case key
- 148191
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0871 75/2/26 CLINTON,IA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 4500 TIME - 1400 N5389L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLINTON,IA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD IN HIGH SPEED DIVE.IMPACT IN STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5389L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.