- Date
- May 11, 1975
- Place
- Fremont, MI · FREMONT, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N11976Raven S-40
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750511011599A
- Case key
- 148453
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1013 75/5/11 FREMONT,MI RAVEN S-40 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 61, 54 TIME - 1015 N11976 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 46 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TWIN LAKES,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FLEX LINE FM BURNER TO REGULATOR ATTACH FITTING BKN ON GND CTC,FIRE OCRD.WIND 210 DEG 13K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11976
- Reported as
- Raven S-40
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
N11976Registration cancelled Jun 30, 1975 · Raven Industries S-40Airframe modelRaven Industries S-40
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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.