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MIA69A0063

1969-04-05 · KISSIMMEE, Florida, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N26488

Make / Model
MEYERS OTW-160
Year of manufacture
1941 · 28 years old at event
Engine
WARNER SS165 SERIES (175 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19570419
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2916A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MEYERS OTW · N26488
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D7
Operator type
D
Airport
KISSIMMEE
Kind of flying
B1

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
230° / 13 kt
Temp
86° F

Aircraft history

Total time
2,452 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
756
Age
26

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/14 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING Cause — pilot/personnel action

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1678. Source file NTSB_1969_3_1678.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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