- Date
- September 13, 1975
- Place
- Paducah, KY · PADUCAH, KY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N12JVOsprey 1-V
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750913030659A
- Case key
- 151166
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3108 75/9/13 PADUCAH,KY OSPREY 1-V CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 425 TIME - 1210 N12JV PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PADUCAH,KY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- ACFT AIRBORN BUT DIDN'T CLEAR MARKER BUOYS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12JV
- Reported as
- Osprey 1-V
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.