- Date
- January 29, 1978
- Place
- Arcadia, FL · ARCADIA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N30CHHolt PDQ2
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780129001799A
- Case key
- 143309
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0713 78/1/29 ARCADIA,FL HOLT PDQ2 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1300 N30CH PX- 0 0 0 EXPERIMENTATION AGE 64, 10377 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARCADIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARCADIA,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- 1ST FLT HOMEBLT. PLT HAD MODIFIED RUD & OTHER FLT CONTROLS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30CH
- Reported as
- Holt PDQ2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Arcadia
N30CHRegistration cancelled Jun 17, 2020 · Holt PDQ-2Airframe modelHolt PDQ-2Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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