- Date
- July 30, 1973
- Place
- Merriville, IN · MERRIVILLE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4XJeanies TWO
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730730022169A
- Case key
- 188940
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2975 73/7/30 MERRIVILLE,IND JEANIES TWO CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1600 N4X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 59, 3200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 28 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRIFFITH,IND LAKE GENEVA,WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL REMARKS- HIT ROADSIDE SIGN AFTER PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON HIWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4X
- Reported as
- Jeanies TWO
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.