- Date
- May 21, 1978
- Place
- Flint, MI · FLINT, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3473VSmyth Swdr
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780521022979A
- Case key
- 142069
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1961 78/5/21 NR.FLINT,MI SMYTH SWDR CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 150 TIME - 1158 N3473V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLINT BISHOP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLINT,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING TAKEOFF: ABORTED GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3473V
- Reported as
- Smyth Swdr
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flint Bishop
N3473VRegistration cancelled Apr 10, 1979 · Voto SMYTH SIDEWINDERAirframe modelVoto SMYTH SIDEWINDER
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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.