- Date
- July 22, 1973
- Place
- Fort Collins, CO · FORT COLLINS, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N10453Stinson L-5
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730722021879A
- Case key
- 189062
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2727 73/7/22 FORT COLLINS,COLO STINSON L-5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 185 TIME - 1600 N10453 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FORT COLLINS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT COLLINS,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- NOSE OVER IN ROUGH GROUND NEXT TO RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10453
- Reported as
- Stinson L-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fort Collins
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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.