- Date
- February 16, 1978
- Place
- Lowell, MI · LOWELL, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N96797Taylorcraft BC12D
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780216008619A
- Case key
- 143175
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0409 78/2/16 LOWELL,MI TAYLORCRAFT BC12D CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 76 TOTAL TIME - 0820 N96797 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOWELL CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOWELL,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96797
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lowell City
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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.