- Date
- July 3, 1968
- Place
- Ypsilanti, MI · YPSILANTI, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N12045Tailwind Cougar
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110319
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1746 68/7/3 YPSILANTI,MICH TAILWIND COUGAR CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 40, 87 TOTAL TIME - 0900 N12045 PX- 0 0 0 TEST HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLOW RUN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) REMARKS- CLAMP HOLDING CONTROL STICK LOOSE. STICK CAME OUT OF SOCKET- FIRST FLT OF ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12045
- Reported as
- Tailwind Cougar
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Willow Run
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