- Date
- September 17, 1978
- Place
- Oneonta, AL · ONEONTA, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N52RZZ-Bird LD-1
- Status
- Completed · report November 20, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780917031489A
- Case key
- 139754
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2895 78/9/17 ONEONTA,AL Z-BIRD LD-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 998 TIME - 1600 N52RZ PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 92 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROBBINS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ONEONTA,AL TALLADEGA,AL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH AN ARMY HELICOPTER PARKED ON THE RAMP,66-16301 - SUB DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52RZ
- Reported as
- Z-Bird LD-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Robbins Field
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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.