- Date
- September 6, 1965
- Place
- Puyallup, WA · PUYALLUP, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N93139Smith Mini DSA-1
- Status
- Completed · report January 20, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175803
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0793 65/9/6 PUYALLUP,WASH SMITH MINI DSA-1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0902 N93139 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE 39, 14000 TOTAL HOURS, 65 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THUN FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- PILOT PRACTICING FOR AIRSHOW-AIRCRAF WENT INTO SPIN AT LOW LEVEL-MANEUVER AT TIME NOT KNOWN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93139
- Reported as
- Smith Mini DSA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Thun Field
N93139Registration cancelled Nov 1, 1965 · Morphew SMITH MINIPLANEAirframe modelMorphew SMITH MINIPLANE
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