- Date
- September 24, 1974
- Place
- Van Nuys, CA · VAN NUYS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N842Smith Mini Plane
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740924030639A
- Case key
- 138841
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3311 74/9/24 VAN NUYS,CALIF SMITH MINI PLANE CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 1177 TIME - 0800 N842 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VAN NUYS ARPT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VAN NUYS,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N842
- Reported as
- Smith Mini Plane
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Van Nuys Arpt
N842Registered now · Newton SMITH MINIPLANEAirframe modelNewton SMITH MINIPLANEEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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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.