- Date
- October 22, 1978
- Place
- Cloverdale, IN · CLOVERDALE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7133Cassutt LSS
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781022036579A
- Case key
- 143965
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3317 78/10/22 CLOVERDALE,IN CASSUTT LSS CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 600 TIME - 1415 N7133 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHELBYVILLE,IL UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7133
- Reported as
- Cassutt LSS
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7133Registration cancelled Dec 2, 2014 · Spindler CASSUTT SPORTAirframe modelSpindler CASSUTT SPORTEngine modelContinental 0-200 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.