- Date
- May 3, 1976
- Place
- Anaheim, CA · ANAHEIM, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N101BABirdman TL-1
- Status
- Completed · report June 14, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760503011609A
- Case key
- 153322
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1016 76/5/3 ANAHEIM,CA BIRDMAN TL-1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1010 N101BA PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 36, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORONA,CA ANAHEIM,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: SKIN AND ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- LEADING EDGE OF L WG FAILED & SEPARATED DRG TURN TO FINAL APCH FOR UNDETERMINED REASON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N101BA
- Reported as
- Birdman TL-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N101BARegistration cancelled Oct 14, 2008 · Birdman BIRDMAN TL-1Airframe modelBirdman BIRDMAN TL-1Engine 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.