- Date
- February 1, 1970
- Place
- Lincoln, NE · LINCOLN, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9109Stits SA-3A
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 143978
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0638 70/2/1 LINCOLN,NEBR STITS SA-3A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 755 TIME - 1700 N9109 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WARBONNET DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LINCOLN,NEBR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- 14 FT HI WIRES ACROSS END OF RWY KNOWN TO PLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9109
- Reported as
- Stits SA-3A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Warbonnet
N9109Registration cancelled Jan 29, 2018 · Kaufman-Zimmerman STITS SA-3AAirframe modelKaufman-Zimmerman STITS SA-3AEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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