- Date
- August 16, 1981
- Place
- Tracy, CA · TRACY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N23WMMinatre KR-2
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810816049659A
- Case key
- 123867
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2385 81/8/16 TRACY,CA MINATRE KR-2 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 55, 133 TIME - 1445 N23WM PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRACY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRACY,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 95 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 320 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- D/A APRX 2700FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23WM
- Reported as
- Minatre KR-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tracy Muni
N23WMRegistration cancelled Jun 5, 2013 · Minatre William J 1980 KR-2Airframe modelMinatre William J 1980 KR-2Engine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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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.