- Date
- February 12, 1972
- Place
- Plainfield, IL · PLAINFIELD, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6314Bowers Baby
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165181
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0306 72/2/12 PLAINFIELD,ILL BOWERS BABY CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 18, 251 TIME - 1200 N6314 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLOW DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLAINFIELD,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- VEERED L,BECAME AIRBORNE IN 3 PT POS AND CLIMBED RAPIDLY TO STALL.1ST FLT IN TYPE,A SINGLE SEATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6314
- Reported as
- Bowers Baby
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clow
N6314Registration cancelled Sep 20, 2012 · Fly Baby AMATEUR BUILTAirframe modelFly Baby AMATEUR BUILTEngine modelLycoming 0-145B series
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.