- Date
- October 15, 1978
- Place
- Gainesville, TX · GAINESVILLE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7UNHarmon 1
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781015034949A
- Case key
- 139067
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3205 78/10/15 GAINESVILLE,TX HARMON 1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 341 TIME - 1600 N7UN PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GAINESVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GAINESVILLE,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 PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7UN
- Reported as
- Harmon 1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gainesville
N7UNRegistration cancelled May 6, 2013 · Harmon MONOPLANEAirframe modelHarmon MONOPLANEEngine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7UN · 1
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