- Date
- March 12, 1978
- Place
- Lakewood, WA · LAKEWOOD, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9756Berg Sprite SW1
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780312006279A
- Case key
- 143276
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0613 78/3/12 LAKEWOOD,WA BERG SPRITE SW1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1043 N9756 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 68, 8710 TOTAL HOURS, 10 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARLINGTON,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN REMARKS- ACFT KNOWN TO HAVE VIOLENT WG TIP STALL WITH FULL FLAPS. FLAPS FOUND FULL DOWN,
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9756
- Reported as
- Berg Sprite SW1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.