- Date
- April 18, 1972
- Place
- Naperville, IL · NAPERVILLE, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N55MSCassutt 11M
- Status
- Completed · report October 11, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165841
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0399 72/4/18 NAPERVILLE,ILL CASSUTT 11M CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 21, 345 TIME - 0528 N55MS PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NAPERVILLE AERO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NAPERVILLE,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT OVER CONTROLLED ON FIRST TURN IN PATTERN. INITIAL FLT IN ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55MS
- Reported as
- Cassutt 11M
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Naperville Aero
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