- Date
- March 11, 1979
- Place
- Allen, TX · ALLEN, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N199SThorp TA-18
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790311004539A
- Case key
- 137519
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0496 79/3/11 ALLEN,TX THORP TA-18 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 62, 1236 TIME - 1640 N199S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 620 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KITTY HAWK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALLEN,TX DALLAS,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- PILOT MADE DOWNWIND TURN AT LOW ALTITUDE AND AIRSPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N199S
- Reported as
- Thorp TA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kitty Hawk
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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.