- Date
- November 15, 1981
- Place
- Arlington, TX · ARLINGTON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1176JMitchell B-10
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811115074379A
- Case key
- 123383
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2590 81/11/15 ARLINGTON,TX MITCHELL B-10 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 44, 130 TIME - 1130 N1176J PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARLINGTON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARLINGTON,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 76 240 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 12 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- AFTER LIFT-OFF,R WING DROPPED & HIT RWY.X-WND GSTG 15KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1176J
- Reported as
- Mitchell B-10
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Arlington Muni
N1176JRegistration cancelled Jun 5, 1982 · Vanecek TJ MITCHELL B-10Airframe modelVanecek TJ MITCHELL B-10
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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.