- Date
- May 3, 1980
- Place
- Scottsdale, AZ · SCOTTSDALE, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N60155Ryan ST-3KR
- Status
- Completed · report September 2, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800503011549A
- Case key
- 131040
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1632 80/5/3 NR.SCOTTSDALE,AZ RYAN ST-3KR CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 277 TIME - 1631 N60155 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SCOTTSDALE,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WITNESS LAST SAW ACFT AT TOP OF WINGOVER APRX 800FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60155
- Reported as
- Ryan ST-3KR
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N60155Registration cancelled May 7, 1981 · Ryan Aeronautical ST3KRAirframe modelRyan Aeronautical ST3KR
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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 N60155 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.