- Date
- August 8, 1978
- Place
- Urbana, IL · URBANA, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N29HRVari-Viggen
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 139477
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4287 78/8/8 NR.URBANA,IL VARI-VIGGEN CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 607 TIME - 1507 N29HR PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ILLINI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION URBANA,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: WINDSHIELDS,WINDOWS,CANOPIES REMARKS- FRONT CANOPY FOUND NOT IN LOCKED POSITION.REAR CROSS MEMBER BRACE IN PLTS FIST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29HR
- Reported as
- Vari-Viggen
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Illini
N29HRRegistration cancelled Aug 9, 2018 · Reiss RUTAN VARI-VIGGEN SPAirframe modelReiss RUTAN VARI-VIGGEN SPEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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