- Date
- July 24, 1977
- Place
- Opa Locka, FL · OPA LOCKA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N10EHome Built DG-1
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770724026549A
- Case key
- 145773
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2400 77/7/24 OPA LOCKA,FL HOME BUILT DG-1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0705 N10E PX- 0 0 0 EXPERIMENTATION 48, 15000 TOTAL HOURS, 0 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OPA LOCKA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OPA LOCKA,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- TOYO KOGYO RX3 ENGINES.FIRST FLIGHT FOR ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10E
- Reported as
- Home Built DG-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Opa Locka
FAA reports on this event · 1
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