- Date
- May 5, 1979
- Place
- Abilene, TX · ABILENE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N15TBTurner T-40A
- Status
- Completed · report July 16, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790505012949A
- Case key
- 136150
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0933 79/5/5 ABILENE,TX TURNER T-40A CR- 0 1 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1040 N15TB PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 20, 427 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ABILINE MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ABILENE,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15TB
- Reported as
- Turner T-40A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Abiline Municipal
N15TBRegistration cancelled Oct 22, 1996 · Brookreson TURNER T-40AAirframe modelBrookreson TURNER T-40A
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.