- Date
- August 4, 1979
- Place
- Roselawn, IN · ROSELAWN, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2780Breezy DDJ-1
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790804018999A
- Case key
- 135171
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1754 79/8/4 ROSELAWN,IN BREEZY DDJ-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 355 TIME - 1900 N2780 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 96 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAYSLAKE,IL ROSELAWN,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED AT WRONG AIRPORT MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2780
- Reported as
- Breezy DDJ-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Naked City
N2780Registered now · Guthrie-Ramsey BREEZY DDJ-1Airframe modelGuthrie-Ramsey BREEZY DDJ-1Engine modelContinental A&C75 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.