# NTSB MIA71FKT51: Baby Vebo VB, N4826, Davie, FL, April 6, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 6, 1971
- Place: Davie, FL · DAVIE, FL
- Location: 26.0629° N, 80.2331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Davie, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0629&lon=-80.2331&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 20, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 160411
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA71FKT51
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA71FKT51

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4826-1971-08-03), registration cancelled 1971-08-03, S/N 1 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BABY VEBO VB
- Registry model: [Farmer BABY VEBO V.B.](https://openairdocs.org/model/farmer-baby-vebo-v-b) (registry code 05602MA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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