- Date
- August 19, 1970
- Place
- Clinton, NC · CLINTON, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7801Knight KT-115
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192001
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3525 70/8/19 CLINTON,NC KNIGHT KT-115 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1515 N7801 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 37, 582 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAMPSON COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RAEFORD,NC CLINTON,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7801
- Reported as
- Knight KT-115
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sampson County
N7801Registration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Rose-Knight Twister BI-PLANEAirframe modelRose-Knight Twister BI-PLANEEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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.