- Date
- September 9, 1978
- Place
- Deland, FL · DELAND, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N102BABirdman TL1A
- Status
- Completed · report April 26, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780909032669A
- Case key
- 139471
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4243 78/9/9 DELAND,FL BIRDMAN TL1A CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0930 N102BA PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION AGE 26, 521 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 42 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DELAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DELAND,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- EXPERIMENTAL ACFT.ENGINE-MCCULLOUGH 101MC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N102BA
- Reported as
- Birdman TL1A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Deland
N102BARegistration cancelled Feb 8, 2011 · Birdman TL-1AAirframe modelBirdman TL-1AEngine modelMcculloch 4318A&E/0-100
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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.