- Date
- July 15, 1973
- Place
- Anderson, IN · ANDERSON, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N132SPGreat Lakes Baby
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730715025409A
- Case key
- 189403
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2147 73/7/15 ANDERSON,IND GREAT LAKES BABY CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 3439 TIME - 1820 N132SP PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ACE AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANDERSON,IND OSCEOLA,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- PLT SWERVED TO AVOID COLLISION WITH WACO N12453.L GR HIT HIGH GRASS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N132SP
- Reported as
- Great Lakes Baby
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ace Airpark
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.