- Date
- May 4, 1975
- Place
- Shullsburg, WI · SHULLSBURG, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- NONEWeber W8
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 148952
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1229 75/5/4 SHULLSBURG,WI WEBER W8 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 25, 496 TIME - 1910 NONE PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEBER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHULLSBURG,WI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE REMARKS- HI-SPEED TAXI,BECAME AIRBORNE,ELECTED TO CONT FLT.VW POWER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- NONE
- Reported as
- Weber W8
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Weber