- Date
- June 3, 1966
- Place
- East Amherst, NY · EAST AMHERST, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N487VAmer Eagle 231
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 170869
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1785 66/6/3 EAST AMHERST NY AMER EAGLE 231 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 2000 TIME - 1900 N487V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STEFFEN FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N487V
- Reported as
- Amer Eagle 231
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Steffen Field
N487VRegistered now · American Eaglecraft EAGLET 231Airframe modelAmerican Eaglecraft EAGLET 231Engine modelContinental A40 series
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