- Date
- October 25, 1973
- Place
- Rocky Face, GA · ROCKY FACE, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N71DRRoberts Bandit
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731025037649A
- Case key
- 188006
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3555 73/10/25 ROCKY FACE,GA ROBERTS BANDIT CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 292 TIME - 1730 N71DR PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HENDERSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROME,GA ROCKY FACE,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: ON GROUND LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: BULKHEADS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- BULKHEAD SUPPORTING REAR SPAR FAILED AT GLUE JOINT WING TWISTED DRAGGED ON RUNWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71DR
- Reported as
- Roberts Bandit
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Henderson
N71DRRegistration cancelled Dec 2, 2014 · Roberts 1971 BANDITAirframe modelRoberts 1971 BANDITEngine modelContinental A&C65 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.