- Date
- May 20, 1969
- Place
- Orchards, WA · ORCHARDS, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N27396Aeronca 65-TC
- Status
- Completed · report January 14, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171662
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2712 69/5/20 ORCHARDS,WASH AERONCA 65-TC CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, UNK/NR TIME - 1921 N27396 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SCHOLLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VANCOUVER,WASH VANCOUVER,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- PLT DIED 5/30/69.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27396
- Reported as
- Aeronca 65-TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Scholls
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