- Date
- December 20, 1980
- Place
- Truckee, CA · TRUCKEE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9144LCitabria 7KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801220089939A
- Case key
- 127743
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3715 80/12/20 TRUCKEE,CA CITABRIA 7KCAB CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1420 N9144L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 46, 1025 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRUCKEE-TAHOE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRUCKEE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- ROLLED LEFT OVR RWY IMDTLY AFTR TKOF.FORMULA I ACFT HAD MADE ROLLS DRG LOW PASSES JUST BFR ACDNT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9144L
- Reported as
- Citabria 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Truckee-Tahoe
N9144LRegistration cancelled Nov 24, 2014 · Champion 7KCABAirframe modelChampion 7KCABEngine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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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.