- Date
- December 23, 1980
- Place
- Columbus Grove, OH · COLUMBUS GROVE, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N55959Sorrel SNS-2
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801223076189A
- Case key
- 127592
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3450 80/12/23 COLUMBUS GROVE,OH SORREL SNS-2 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 70, 617 TIME - 0915 N55959 PX- 0 0 0 EXPERIMENTATION TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBUS GROVE,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55959
- Reported as
- Sorrel SNS-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Private
N55959Registration cancelled Apr 4, 1983 · Niswander Karl SORRELL SNS-2 GUPPYAirframe modelNiswander Karl SORRELL SNS-2 GUPPY
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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.