- Date
- September 21, 1975
- Place
- Georgetown, SC · GEORGETOWN, SC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N422Bantam W-3
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750921030019A
- Case key
- 150707
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2948 75/9/21 GEORGETOWN,SC BANTAM W-3 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 338 TIME - 0950 N422 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 57 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GEORGETOWN COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GEORGETOWN,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- SPOT LDG CONTEST.ENTRD SLIDING FLAT SPIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N422
- Reported as
- Bantam W-3
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Georgetown County
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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.