- Date
- May 14, 1978
- Place
- Pacoima, CA · PACOIMA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N14566Franks M-1
- Status
- Completed · report July 6, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780514012949A
- Case key
- 142310
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0976 78/5/14 PACOIMA,CA FRANKS M-1 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 45, UNK/NR TIME - 1911 N14566 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN FERNANDO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PACOIMA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL REMARKS- STUDENT BUILT ACFT.CFI STATED PLT SAID HE WAS GOING TO FLY ACFT W/O SUITABLE INST OR ENDORSEMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14566
- Reported as
- Franks M-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- San Fernando
N14566Registration cancelled Jun 30, 2009 · Franks YOU-TOO JR M1Airframe modelFranks YOU-TOO JR M1Engine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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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.