- Date
- October 26, 1973
- Place
- Lantana, FL · LANTANA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N661Thompson Craft
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731026036469A
- Case key
- 188152
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3314 73/10/26 NR.LANTANA,FLA THOMPSON CRAFT CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 255 TIME - 1315 N661 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALM BEACH PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANTANA,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT NOT AIRPLANE RATED.PLT MADE A 90 DEG BANKING L TURN BFR DSCNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N661
- Reported as
- Thompson Craft
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palm Beach Park
N661Registered now · Thompson THOMPSON CRAFT A-1Airframe modelThompson THOMPSON CRAFT A-1Engine modelContinental A40 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.