- Date
- September 15, 1965
- Place
- Hobart, IN · HOBART, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6114SAir Space 18A
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175900
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1069 65/9/15 HOBART,IND. AIR SPACE 18A CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 380 TIME - 1230 N6114S PX- 0 0 0 SOLO TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOBART SKY RANCH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: OTHER FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE FLIGHT TRAINING-PROCEDURES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- PILOT SUCCUMBED TO INJURIES 9/24/65. LATERAL CONTROL DEFICIENCY.1ST SOLO FLIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6114S
- Reported as
- Air Space 18A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hobart Sky Ranch
N6114SRegistration cancelled Jul 15, 1971 · Air & Space America 18AAirframe modelAir & Space America 18A
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.