- Date
- July 29, 1978
- Place
- Cullman, AL · CULLMAN, AL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N45870Breezy I
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780729026729A
- Case key
- 201224
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2578 78/7/29 CULLMAN,AL BREEZY I CR- 0 2 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 955 TIME - 0930 N45870 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FOLSOM FIELD,AL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45870
- Reported as
- Breezy I
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N45870Registered now · Hutson BREEZY 1978Airframe modelHutson BREEZY 1978Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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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.