- Date
- October 15, 1972
- Place
- Watervliet, MI · WATERVLIET, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4027Genie Teene
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168921
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3403 72/10/15 WATERVLIET,MICH GENIE TEENE CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT, AGE 41, 26 TOTAL TIME - 0730 N4027 PX- 0 0 0 TEST HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATERVLIET MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATERVLIET,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED REMARKS- VW1600CC ENGINE.ACFT INADVERTENTLY BECAME AIRBORNE DURING TAXI TEST
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4027
- Reported as
- Genie Teene
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Watervliet Muni
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