- Date
- September 1, 1980
- Place
- Huntersville, NC · HUNTERSVILLE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N12BHDehavilland DHC-1B
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800901040779A
- Case key
- 128778
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2063 80/9/1 HUNTERSVILLE,NC DEHAVILLAND DHC-1B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 4510 TIME - 1630 N12BH PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRAFORD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUNTERSVILLE,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT STATED ENG SET AT IDLE FOR 20-30SEC DURING TAILSLIDE MANEUVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12BH
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Braford
N12BHRegistered now · Dehavilland DHC-1B-2-S3Airframe modelDehavilland DHC-1B-2-S3Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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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.
Other investigations on N12BH · 1
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