- Date
- September 29, 1970
- Place
- Goodland, KS · GOODLAND, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25PSmith DSA-1
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132226
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3871 70/9/29 GOODLAND,KANS SMITH DSA-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 5537 TIME - 1621 N25P PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RENNER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GOODLAND,KANS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES REMARKS- APRX 1/4IN SLACK,TAILWHEEL STEERING ASSY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25P
- Reported as
- Smith DSA-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Renner Field
N25PRegistered now · Smith Miniplane DSA-1Airframe modelSmith Miniplane DSA-1Engine modelLycoming 0-290 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.