- Date
- December 28, 1972
- Place
- Milledgeville, GA · MILLEDGEVILLE, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2285Sidewinder Smith
- Status
- Completed · report April 11, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169215
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4032 72/12/28 MILLEDGEVILLE,GA SIDEWINDER SMITH CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 145 TIME - 1545 N2285 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BALDWIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILLEDGEVILLE,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- MINI BIKE RIDERS ON APCH END OF RWY DISTRACTED PLT. 2ND FLT IN ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2285
- Reported as
- Sidewinder Smith
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Baldwin
N2285Registration cancelled Aug 13, 2012 · Ray SIDEWINDER SELAirframe modelRay SIDEWINDER SELEngine modelLycoming 0-290 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.