- Date
- July 24, 1976
- Place
- Fredricksburg, VA · FREDRICKSBURG, VA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N78848Tex Bullet 205
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760724024179A
- Case key
- 154864
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2030 76/7/24 FREDRICKSBURG,VA TEX BULLET 205 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1349 N78848 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AIR SHANNON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREDRICKSBURG,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 95 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ACFT ABT 40LB OVR MAX GWT.PLT IN COMMAND NOT DETERMINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78848
- Reported as
- Tex Bullet 205
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Air Shannon
N78848Registration cancelled Oct 4, 1976 · Aircraft Manufacturing TEXAS BULLET 205Airframe modelAircraft Manufacturing TEXAS BULLET 205
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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.