- Date
- May 25, 1972
- Place
- Batchtown, IL · BATCHTOWN, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N581TBreezy RLU-1
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167150
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1841 72/5/25 BATCHTOWN,ILL BREEZY RLU-1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 42, 650 TIME - 1730 N581T PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 190 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BATCHTOWN,ILL UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION REMARKS- TOOK OFF FROM FARM FLD OF INSUFFICIENT LENGTH. BANKED L TO AVOID POST IN PATH. WIND CALM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N581T
- Reported as
- Breezy RLU-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N581TRegistration cancelled Dec 31, 1980 · Tomblingson BREEZY RUL-1Airframe modelTomblingson BREEZY RUL-1Engine modelContinental C85 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.