- Date
- July 27, 1968
- Place
- Towanda, PA · TOWANDA, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6981Spezio SPT DAL-1
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109260
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2470 68/7/27 TOWANDA,PA SPEZIO SPT DAL-1 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 330 TIME - 1200 N6981 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TOWANDA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6981
- Reported as
- Spezio SPT DAL-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Towanda
N6981Registration cancelled Apr 13, 1970 · Spez10 Sport Dali MODEL 1Airframe modelSpez10 Sport Dali MODEL 1
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.