- Date
- April 8, 1973
- Place
- Elizabethtown, KY · ELIZABETHTOWN, KY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8890Smith DSA-1
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730408007259A
- Case key
- 170714
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0791 73/4/8 ELIZABETHTOWN,KY SMITH DSA-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 423 TIME - 1230 N8890 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELIZABETNTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELIZABETHTOWN,KY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- DRG L TURN PLT LOST CTL.ACFT STARTED TO MUSH L WING WAS THEN OBSVD TO DROP SHARPLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8890
- Reported as
- Smith DSA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Elizabetntown
N8890Registration cancelled May 17, 2013 · Farris-Smith Miniplane DSA-1Airframe modelFarris-Smith Miniplane DSA-1Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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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.