- Date
- June 17, 1975
- Place
- Chesterfield, MO · CHESTERFIELD, MO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N144KPK Pinsch Mustng
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 149283
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1676 75/6/17 CHESTERFIELD,MO K PINSCH MUSTNG CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1824 N144KP PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 43, 2330 TOTAL HOURS, 0 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPIRIT ST LOUIS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHESTERFIELD,MO PERRYVILLE,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT BROKE SHARPLY L DRG L CLBG TURN,ENTERED SPIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N144KP
- Reported as
- K Pinsch Mustng
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Spirit St Louis
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.