- Date
- May 7, 1966
- Place
- Gilbertville, PA · GILBERTVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 6 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9120HHoward DGA15P
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172426
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0377 66/5/7 GILBERTVILLE PA HOWARD DGA15P CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 300 TIME - 1005 N9120H PX- 5 0 1 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW HANOVER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- TWO PARACHUTIST JUMPED.ONE LANDED.SAFELY.THE OTHER JUMPED AT TOO LOW AN ALTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9120H
- Reported as
- Howard DGA15P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- New Hanover
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