# NTSB IAD71FLJ10: Knight KT-115, N7801, Clinton, NC, August 19, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 19, 1970
- Place: Clinton, NC · CLINTON, NC
- Location: 35.0013° N, 78.3319° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clinton, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0013&lon=-78.3319&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 17, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192001
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD71FLJ10
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD71FLJ10

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7801-2017-02-04), registration cancelled 2017-02-04, S/N 29429, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KNIGHT KT-115
- Registry model: [Rose-Knight Twister BI-PLANE](https://openairdocs.org/model/rose-knight-twister-bi-plane) (registry code 4970133) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Sampson County

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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