- Date
- August 15, 1975
- Place
- Hutchinson, MN · HUTCHINSON, MN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6439ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750815030829A
- Case key
- 150004
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2917 75/8/15 HUTCHINSON,MN PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 1427 TIME - 1600 N6439Z PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 108 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUTCHINSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUTCHINSON,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- TESTING NEW SHOCKCORDS BY MAKING BOUNCE LDGS.STEEP TURN AT END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6439Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hutchinson
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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.