- Date
- April 1, 1978
- Place
- Clearwater, FL · CLEARWATER, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N28TAmateur TF-1
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780401006429A
- Case key
- 142489
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1103 78/4/1 CLEARWATER,FL AMATEUR TF-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 344 TIME - 1715 N28T PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLEARWATER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLEARWATER,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: RUDDER SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED REMARKS- RUDDER JAMMED INFLIGHT-GROUND LOOPED INTO PARKED ACFT ON LDG ROLL.C205,N8262Z,SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28T
- Reported as
- Amateur TF-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clearwater
N28TRegistration cancelled Feb 25, 2014 · Tomalesky TRU-FLITE TF-1Airframe modelTomalesky TRU-FLITE TF-1Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.