- Date
- May 18, 1975
- Place
- Merrill, WI · MERRILL, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3518Flaglor-Hag H-1
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750518012559A
- Case key
- 148448
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1099 75/5/18 MERRILL,WI FLAGLOR-HAG H-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1050 N3518 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 52, 2339 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 40 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERRILL MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MERRILL,WI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG VW 40HP.DRG LNDG WHEELS HIT A SHARP DIP L MAIN WHEEL BROKE OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3518
- Reported as
- Flaglor-Hag H-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Merrill Muni
N3518Registration cancelled Jan 17, 2017 · Flaglor SCOOTERAirframe modelFlaglor SCOOTEREngine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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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.