- Date
- March 2, 1973
- Place
- Pontiac, MI · PONTIAC, MI
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5910PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730302004529A
- Case key
- 169552
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0105 73/3/2 PONTIAC,MICH PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 336 TIME - 1740 N5910P PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 57 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PONTIAC,MICH PONTIAC,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- ACFT OBSRVD ENTERING,CONTINUING SPIN TO IMPACT.FLT PHASE UNK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5910P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N5910PRegistration cancelled Feb 26, 2013 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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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.