- Date
- August 11, 1978
- Place
- Sn Luis Obspo, CA · SN LUIS OBSPO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5500KM Larson 1
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780811024639A
- Case key
- 140105
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2440 78/8/11 SN LUIS OBSPO,CA M LARSON 1 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 1049 TIME - 1830 N5500K PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN LUIS OBISPO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA YNEZ,CA SN LUIS OBSPO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: AILERON AND AILERON TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER REMARKS- RT AIL CNTRL CABLE JAMMED IN PULLEY DURING RT TURN & ACFT CRASHED.PULLEY CABLE GUARD OPEN TOO FAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5500K
- Reported as
- M Larson 1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- San Luis Obispo
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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.