- Date
- September 13, 1970
- Place
- Coalville, UT · COALVILLE, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5DFK.Twister IMP
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 145846
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3772 70/9/13 COALVILLE,UT K.TWISTER IMP CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1455 N5DF PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 46, 15356 TOTAL HOURS, 65 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LARAMIE,WYO SALT LAKE CITY,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- LNDD ON ROAD DUE OIL LEAK.DRG TKOF DRIFTED L,WING HIT ROAD MARKER,LNDD SLC.PLT FLEW 11HR LAST 24.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5DF
- Reported as
- K.Twister IMP
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5DFRegistration cancelled Dec 18, 2012 · Knight Twister RACER 1Airframe modelKnight Twister RACER 1Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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.