- Date
- April 12, 1975
- Place
- Pensacola, FL · PENSACOLA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3SKDSK 1-HAWK
- Status
- Completed · report October 14, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750412025059A
- Case key
- 149128
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2464 75/4/12 PENSACOLA,FL DSK 1-HAWK CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 367 TIME - 1620 N3SK PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 98 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COASTAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PENSACOLA,FL UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- PLT MADE MAX PERF CLB AT ANGLE OF APRX 50-55 DEG ENG CUT OUT.ACFT RSTRD ABRUPT CHANGE MAN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3SK
- Reported as
- DSK 1-HAWK
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Coastal
N3SKRegistration cancelled May 18, 1976 · Killingsworth DSK-1 HAWKAirframe modelKillingsworth DSK-1 HAWK
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.