- Date
- November 23, 1979
- Place
- Rocky Ford, CO · ROCKY FORD, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8450Woody Push WAS-2
- Status
- Completed · report February 21, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791123033969A
- Case key
- 133044
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3195 79/11/23 NR.ROCKY FORD,CO WOODY PUSH WAS-2 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 116 TIME - 1700 N8450 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MELLON FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCKY FORD,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8450
- Reported as
- Woody Push WAS-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mellon Field
N8450Registration cancelled Jul 19, 2018 · Macklin WOODY PUSHER WAS-2Airframe modelMacklin WOODY PUSHER WAS-2
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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.