- Date
- April 19, 1974
- Place
- Rainelle, WV · RAINELLE, WV
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5145Stits SA3B
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740419013429A
- Case key
- 124199
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1395 74/4/19 RAINELLE,W VA STITS SA3B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 500 TIME - 1130 N5145 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEWISBURG,W VA FAYETTEVILLE,W VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- LNDD TO ASK FOR DIRECTIONS.TKOF FM FIELD,HI TREES AT END.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5145
- Reported as
- Stits SA3B
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5145Registration cancelled Jun 18, 2013 · Stits Playboy SA3BAirframe modelStits Playboy SA3BEngine modelContinental 0-200 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.