- Date
- October 19, 1973
- Place
- Commerce, TX · COMMERCE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N701DJungmeister Bucker
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731019033079A
- Case key
- 188439
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2979 73/10/19 COMMERCE,TEX JUNGMEISTER BUCKER CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 371 TIME - 0800 N701D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COMMERCE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COMMERCE,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- PLT ATTEMPTED A SNAP ROLL 300 FT AGL IN A 3/4 SCALE MODEL JUNGMEISTER ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N701D
- Reported as
- Jungmeister Bucker
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Commerce
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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.