- Date
- July 15, 1969
- Place
- Lacey Springs, AL · LACEY SPRINGS, AL
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5549MAero Comdr 100
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161279
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3377 69/7/15 LACEY SPRINGS,ALA AERO COMDR 100 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 347 TIME - 1700 N5549M PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - S.HUNTSVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LACEY SPRINGS,ALA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. REMARKS- APRXLY 160 LBS OVER GROSS WT,REAR CG .9 IN OUT. ACFT OBSD IN LOW LVL ACROBATICS,THEN DIVE TO GRND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5549M
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 100
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- S.Huntsville
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