- Date
- July 26, 1979
- Place
- Flint, MI · FLINT, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N29XVariviggin
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790726018709A
- Case key
- 135172
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1755 79/7/26 FLINT,MI VARIVIGGIN CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 61, 150 TIME - 1602 N29X PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE 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 STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- ACFT EQUIPPED W CANARD.NOSED UP WHEN PWR WAS REDUCED DRG PITCH-UP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29X
- Reported as
- Variviggin
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flint-Bishop
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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.