- Date
- June 26, 1976
- Place
- North Liberty, IN · NORTH LIBERTY, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N92991Commonwlth 185
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760626025049A
- Case key
- 154888
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1955 76/6/26 NORTH LIBERTY,IN COMMONWLTH 185 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 606 TIME - 1715 N92991 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAMBERT FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORTH LIBERTY,IN NILES,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 85 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- OTR PLTS EXPERIENCED TURB OVR WOODED AREA FM LT TO HVY INTENSITY WHEN TEMP ABV 80 DEG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92991
- Reported as
- Commonwlth 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lambert Field
N92991Registration cancelled Oct 4, 1976 · Commonwealth REARWIN 185Airframe modelCommonwealth REARWIN 185
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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.