- Date
- November 30, 1980
- Place
- Rosamond, CA · ROSAMOND, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N71DDBakeng Double
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801130075699A
- Case key
- 127484
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3704 80/11/30 ROSAMOND,CA BAKENG DOUBLE CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 16821 TIME - 1410 N71DD PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 71 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KERN VALLEY,CA VAN NUYS,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71DD
- Reported as
- Bakeng Double
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N71DDRegistration cancelled Dec 2, 2014 · Bakeng DOUBLE DUCEAirframe modelBakeng DOUBLE DUCEEngine modelContinental W670 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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