- Date
- July 28, 1980
- Place
- Crystal Lake, IL · CRYSTAL LAKE, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N79BGSkybolt BG-1
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800728033159A
- Case key
- 129141
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2451 80/7/28 CRYSTAL LAKE,IL SKYBOLT BG-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1915 N79BG PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 45, 5645 TOTAL HOURS, 3 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 1 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRYSTAL LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CRYSTAL LAKE,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL PRESSURE GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE TOO LOW EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- COLLIDED W NON-CERT PWRD HANG GLIDER.AIR INTRODUCED INTO FUEL PRESSURE INDICATING SYSTEM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79BG
- Reported as
- Skybolt BG-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Crystal Lake
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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.