- Date
- April 26, 1981
- Place
- Adelanto, CA · ADELANTO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N37CRAcroduster SA-700
- Status
- Completed · report August 5, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810426018629A
- Case key
- 125709
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1365 81/4/26 ADELANTO,CA ACRODUSTER SA-700 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1505 N37CR PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING 34, 3700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL MIRAGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ADELANTO,CA 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) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 15000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 70 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 280 18 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- STRUCK GND DRG RECOVERY FM INTENTIONAL LOW ALT SPIN ON AEROBATIC DEMO FLT.WND GSTG 25KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37CR
- Reported as
- Acroduster SA-700
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- El Mirage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.