- Date
- August 31, 1973
- Place
- Hale, MI · HALE, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4029Breezy RLU-1
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730831035469A
- Case key
- 188874
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3063 73/8/31 HALE,MICH BREEZY RLU-1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 180 TIME - 1715 N4029 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 120 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PLYMOUTH,MICH BAY CITY,MICH HARRISVILLE,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 900 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 225 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ACFT SKIPPED FOR A FEW FEET AFTR INITIAL T/D THEN LNDD NOSE WHEEL FIRST.ACFT NOSED OVR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4029
- Reported as
- Breezy RLU-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4029Registered now · Lattimore-Dwyer BREEZYAirframe modelLattimore-Dwyer BREEZYEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4029 · 1
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