- Date
- October 4, 1964
- Place
- Amarillo, TX · AMARILLO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1388EAeronca 7AC
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181761
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0736 64/10/4 AMARILLO TEX AERONCA 7AC CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 22, TIME - 1048 N1388E PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION 155 TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- IMPROPER SPIN RECOVERY PILOT MED AND STUD CERT EXPIRED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1388E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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