- Date
- June 25, 1978
- Place
- Wanatah, IN · WANATAH, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3GBEaa Biplane GB-1
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780625019869A
- Case key
- 140420
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4300 78/6/25 NR.WANATAH,IN EAA BIPLANE GB-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 475 TIME - 1200 N3GB PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELKHART,IN VALPARAISO,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF REMARKS- PILOT MADE PRECAUTIONARY LDNG IN FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3GB
- Reported as
- Eaa Biplane GB-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3GBRegistration cancelled Sep 5, 2012 · Ballard EAA BIPE P-2Airframe modelBallard EAA BIPE P-2Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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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.