- Date
- June 5, 1976
- Place
- Ft Lauderdale, FL · FT LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3776Fly Baby 1A
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760605014869A
- Case key
- 154126
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1241 76/6/5 FT LAUDERDALE,FL FLY BABY 1A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, TIME - 0942 N3776 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT LAUDERDALE,FL HOLLYWOOD,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DETERIORATED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- R WG SEPARATED. LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION-JULY 1971.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3776
- Reported as
- Fly Baby 1A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.