- Date
- October 8, 1978
- Place
- Sulphur Spgs, TX · SULPHUR SPGS, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3921Breezy I
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781008032249A
- Case key
- 138990
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2938 78/10/8 NR.SULPHUR SPGS,TX BREEZY I CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 81 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N3921 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SULPHUR SPGS,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 160 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 15K
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3921
- Reported as
- Breezy I
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3921Registration cancelled Sep 21, 2012 · Tomblingson-Leathers BREEZY RLU-1Airframe modelTomblingson-Leathers BREEZY RLU-1Engine modelContinental C85 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3921 · 1
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