- Date
- June 15, 1972
- Place
- Crystal Lake, IL · CRYSTAL LAKE, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N591TLowers Bird
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166741
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0487 72/6/15 CRYSTAL LAKE,ILL LOWERS BIRD CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1155 N591T PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE 30, 4191 TOTAL HOURS, 27 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRYSTAL LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CRYSTAL LAKE,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- OBS SAW ACFT ROLLING IN 45 DEG DIVE. DIDNT SEE IMPACT. RECOVERED FROM SWAMP 6/15/72.CHUTE NOT USED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N591T
- Reported as
- Lowers Bird
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Crystal Lake
N591TRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Lowers B. I. R. D.Airframe modelLowers B. I. R. D.Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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