- Date
- July 3, 1975
- Place
- Noblesville, IN · NOBLESVILLE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N18851Sidewinder Burrow
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750703036269A
- Case key
- 150441
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3978 75/7/3 NOBLESVILLE,IN SIDEWINDER BURROW CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 265 TIME - 1415 N18851 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KETTERMAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NOBLESVILLE,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- ACFT ROLLED TO R,BECAME INVERTED.OBSVD SPINNING NOSE DWN FM ABT 400-600FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18851
- Reported as
- Sidewinder Burrow
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ketterman
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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.