- Date
- November 18, 1976
- Place
- Deland, FL · DELAND, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N27260Birdman TL-1
- Status
- Completed · report January 21, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761118037319A
- Case key
- 156221
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3721 76/11/18 DELAND,FL BIRDMAN TL-1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 1008 TIME - 1530 N27260 PX- 0 0 0 EXPERIMENTATION TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DELAND MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DELAND,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: SPOILERS AND SLOTS-LEADING EDGE FLAPS,SPEED BRAKES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- SPOILER CONTROL LOST,NO AILERONS INSTALLED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27260
- Reported as
- Birdman TL-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Deland Municipal
N27260Registration cancelled Apr 15, 2013 · Birdman TL-1Airframe modelBirdman TL-1Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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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.