- Date
- April 6, 1971
- Place
- Davie, FL · DAVIE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4826Baby Vebo VB
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160411
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1141 71/4/6 DAVIE,FLA BABY VEBO VB CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 25, UNK/NR TIME - 1830 N4826 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAVIE,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- M/R BLDS HIT FENCE POST ON TKOF RUN,ACFT CRASHED THRU FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4826
- Reported as
- Baby Vebo VB
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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