- Date
- July 6, 1969
- Place
- Bowling Green, KY · BOWLING GREEN, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N54403Ryan ST-3KR
- Status
- Completed · report August 18, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167423
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1926 69/7/6 BOWLING GREEN,KY RYAN ST-3KR CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 1272 TIME - 1645 N54403 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 75 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - OTHER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- PLT FAILED TO INSPECT AREA PRIOR TO MOVING ACFT.L GR DROPPED INTO HOLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54403
- Reported as
- Ryan ST-3KR
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N54403Registration cancelled Apr 14, 2003 · Ryan Aeronautical ST3KRAirframe modelRyan Aeronautical ST3KREngine modelKinner R5 series
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Other investigations on N54403 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA00LA242Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSt. Lucie, FLThe pilot's improper judgment to conduct a precautionary landing when he first experienced a partial loss of engine power, and his subsequent failure to maintain a visual lookout during a forced landing resulting in an in-flight collision with a tree.…NTSB CHI89FA154Accident · Minor injuriesField investigationFinal reportOshkosh, WIThe experimental aircraft association's (eaa's) inadequate procedure for providing control and separation of aircraft, its inadequate surveillance of the operation, and inadequate coordination by ground personnel. Related factors were: the ground personnel's…