- Date
- November 12, 1972
- Place
- Salisbury, MD · SALISBURY, MD
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N80658Swift GC-1B
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168829
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3530 72/11/12 SALISBURY,MD SWIFT GC-1B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 18000 TIME - 1615 N80658 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SLSBRY-WYCOMICO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALISBURY,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- WITNESS SAW A SWIFT RCVRNG FROM A SPIN 11/11/72
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80658
- Reported as
- Swift GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Slsbry-Wycomico
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