- Date
- April 30, 1981
- Place
- Zanesville, OH · ZANESVILLE, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N609XFly Baby 1A
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810430020669A
- Case key
- 125676
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1436 81/4/30 ZANESVILLE,OH FLY BABY 1A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 64, 1008 TIME - 1735 N609X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RIVERSIDE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ZANESVILLE,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N609X
- Reported as
- Fly Baby 1A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Riverside
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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