- Date
- April 22, 1973
- Place
- Wetumpka, AL · WETUMPKA, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N429RTBreezy TB-1
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730422010309A
- Case key
- 170451
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1497 73/4/22 WETUMPKA,ALA BREEZY TB-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 449 TIME - 1700 N429RT PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WETUMPKA MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WETUMPKA,ALA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF REMARKS- LVLD OFF ABT 7-10FT ABV RWY HIT NOSE GR FIRST.DMGD NOSE SECT,R WING TIP AND R ELEV.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N429RT
- Reported as
- Breezy TB-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wetumpka Mun
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N429RT · 1
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