- Date
- October 12, 1968
- Place
- Watkins, CO · WATKINS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1685Reeves Teller
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108377
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3289 68/10/12 WATKINS,COLO REEVES TELLER CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 40, 1 TOTAL TIME - 0930 N1685 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EAST COLFAX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1685
- Reported as
- Reeves Teller
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- East Colfax
N1685Registration cancelled Jun 14, 1971 · Teller Copter ROTORCRAFTAirframe modelTeller Copter ROTORCRAFT
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.