- Date
- December 10, 1974
- Place
- Loves Park, IL · LOVES PARK, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N70LSSmith Termit
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741210041269A
- Case key
- 142947
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3861 74/12/10 LOVES PARK,ILL SMITH TERMIT CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 21, 25 TOTAL TIME - 1520 N70LS PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MACHESNEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOVES PARK,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- PLT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INSTRUCTION IN THE OPERATION OF THIS ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70LS
- Reported as
- Smith Termit
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Machesney
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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.