- Date
- April 9, 1966
- Place
- Baker, CA · BAKER, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N872KGR Lakes 2T-1
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172964
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0136 66/4/9 BAKER CALIF GR LAKES 2T-1 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1130 N872K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 42, 1500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 100 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- PILOT WAS PERFORMING LOW LEVEL ACROBATIC MANEUVERS FOR A GROUP OF CAMPERS ASSEMBLED AT A DRY LAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N872K
- Reported as
- GR Lakes 2T-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N872KRegistered now · Great Lakes 2T-1Airframe modelGreat Lakes 2T-1Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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