- Date
- April 7, 1979
- Place
- Fayetteville, GA · FAYETTEVILLE, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N122LTDehavilland DHC-1
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790407008559A
- Case key
- 137129
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1293 79/4/7 FAYETTEVILLE,GA DEHAVILLAND DHC-1 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 1698 TIME - 1250 N122LT PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 108 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RUST AIRSTRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEAR CREEK FAYETTEVILLE,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- STRAPS OF PARACHUTE IN REAR SEAT FOUND WRAPPED AROUND CONTROL STICK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N122LT
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Rust Airstrip
N122LTRegistration cancelled Jun 12, 2012 · Dehavilland DHC-1Airframe modelDehavilland DHC-1Engine modelRolls-Royce GIPSY MK 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.