- Date
- February 27, 1972
- Place
- Pineville, PA · PINEVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5270PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165414
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0066 72/2/27 PINEVILLE,PA PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 957 TIME - 1505 N5270P PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 454 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANGHORNE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PRACT STALLS.OBSERVED SPINNING,ATMTD RCVRY,ANOTHER SPIN OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5270P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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