- Date
- July 5, 1973
- Place
- Greentown, IN · GREENTOWN, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6RDPitts S1-D
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730705018879A
- Case key
- 189781
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1582 73/7/5 GREENTOWN, IND PITTS S1-D CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 793 TIME - 1530 N6RD PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOWARD COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENTOWN, IND LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- TALL GRASS ADJACENT TO RUNWAY.PLT CONCERNED WITH SPECTATORS ALONG NORTH EDGE OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6RD
- Reported as
- Pitts S1-D
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Howard County
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.