- Date
- May 27, 1978
- Place
- Camden, TN · CAMDEN, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5771Stitts SA3B
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780527012599A
- Case key
- 142393
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1085 78/5/27 CAMDEN,TN STITTS SA3B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 319 TIME - 1630 N5771 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BENTON COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CAMDEN,TN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5771
- Reported as
- Stitts SA3B
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Benton County
N5771Registration cancelled Apr 23, 2013 · Southard-Stits SA-3BAirframe modelSouthard-Stits SA-3BEngine 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.