Accident · 1998-04-26

NTSB case ATL98LA067 · UNKNOWN FREEBIRD SPORT · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1998-04-26
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: UNKNOWN FREEBIRD SPORT (NUNREG)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

The inadvertent aerodynamic stall, and subsequent loss of control in-flight by the non-certificated pilot. A factor was the use of over the counter drugs which are known to cause drowsiness.

Source: NTSB case ATL98LA067

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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