# NTSB CHI77FEI42: Falck Spec, N60089, Cleveland, OH, September 3, 1977

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 3, 1977
- Place: Cleveland, OH · CLEVELAND, OH
- Location: 41.4995° N, 81.6954° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cleveland, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4995&lon=-81.6954&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 17, 1977
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 145157
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI77FEI42
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEI42

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2628   77/9/3    CLEVELAND,OH        FALCK SPEC          CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 64,
        TIME - 1818                    N60089              PX-  0  0  0  AIR SHOW/RACING           UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BURKE LAKEFRONT
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          CLEVELAND,OH                LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N60089 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: FALCK SPEC
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Burke Lakefront

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19770903028439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770903028439A), Sep 3, 1977: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Cleveland, OH, Substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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