- Date
- October 28, 1978
- Place
- Marana, AZ · MARANA, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N67PKnight Twst WHB-1
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781028039089A
- Case key
- 138312
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3746 78/10/28 MARANA,AZ KNIGHT TWST WHB-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 1111 TIME - 1130 N67P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARANA AIR PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARANA,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67P
- Reported as
- Knight Twst WHB-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Marana Air Park
N67PRegistration cancelled Aug 28, 2003 · Parsons KNIGHT TWISTERAirframe modelParsons KNIGHT TWISTER
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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.