- Date
- July 30, 1976
- Place
- Elyria, OH · ELYRIA, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N75DSMinicoupe MC-123
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760730025279A
- Case key
- 154956
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2171 76/7/30 ELYRIA,OH MINICOUPE MC-123 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 134 TIME - 0800 N75DS PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LORAIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELYRIA,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75DS
- Reported as
- Minicoupe MC-123
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lorain
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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