- Date
- May 3, 1969
- Place
- Forrest, IL · FORREST, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7108Steffens A69
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183242
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1317 69/5/3 FORREST,ILL STEFFENS A69 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 49, 405 TIME - 1400 N7108 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HONEGGER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: OTHER STALL TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION REMARKS- ON HI SPEED TAXI TEST,PULLED ACFT OFF GROUND TO AVOID HITTING RNWY LIGHTS. ACFT STALLED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7108
- Reported as
- Steffens A69
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Honegger
N7108Registration cancelled Jul 21, 1970 · Steffens Monoplane 1969Airframe modelSteffens Monoplane 1969
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