- Date
- November 7, 1976
- Place
- Wickenburg, AZ · WICKENBURG, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4115BMidget Mustan
- Status
- Completed · report December 9, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761107035369A
- Case key
- 155922
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3250 76/11/7 WICKENBURG,AZ MIDGET MUSTAN CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 51, 379 TIME - 1500 N4115B PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WICKENBURG MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WICKENBURG,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4115B
- Reported as
- Midget Mustan
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wickenburg Muni
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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.
Other investigations on N4115B · 1
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