- Date
- May 3, 1978
- Place
- Yuma, AZ · YUMA, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N25EAKr-1
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780503015109A
- Case key
- 141920
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1257 78/5/3 YUMA,AZ KR-1 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 66, 658 TIME - 1112 N25EA PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YUMA INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YUMA,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25EA
- Reported as
- Kr-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Yuma Intl
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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.