- Date
- March 17, 1980
- Place
- Lakeland, FL · LAKELAND, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8018DHummer A
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800317005459A
- Case key
- 131540
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1871 80/3/17 LAKELAND,FL HUMMER A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 33 TOTAL TIME - 0815 N8018D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKELAND MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKELAND,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 70 135 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- HOMEBUILT ULTRA-LIGHT ACFT W 2-CYCLE CHAINSAW TYPE ENGINE.ON FINAL AT 20FT WIND FORCED WING DOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8018D
- Reported as
- Hummer A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lakeland Muni
N8018DRegistration cancelled Sep 20, 2013 · Franklin Dennis W HUMMER-AAirframe modelFranklin Dennis W HUMMER-AEngine modelZenoah ALL MDLS A/B
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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.