- Date
- May 19, 1979
- Place
- Radium, KS · RADIUM, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7798KPiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790519010689A
- Case key
- 135696
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1203 79/5/19 RADIUM,KS PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1700 N7798K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 49, 18000 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 510 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREAT BEND,KS RADIUM,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PILOT MANEUVERING AT LOW ALT TO DROP MACHINERY PARTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7798K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- 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.