- Date
- September 14, 1969
- Place
- Sumter, SC · SUMTER, SC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2158Sturgeon A1
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 156993
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3980 69/9/14 SUMTER,SC STURGEON A1 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 40, 7 TIME - 1600 N2158 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUMTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUMTER,SC SUMTER,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- BECAME AIRBORNE ON HIGH SPEED TAXI TEST OF UNCERTIFICATED ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2158
- Reported as
- Sturgeon A1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sumter
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