- Date
- September 6, 1973
- Place
- Goodland, KS · GOODLAND, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N59322Smith Trmite
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730906028469A
- Case key
- 188596
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2672 73/9/6 GOODLAND,KANS SMITH TRMITE CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 690 TIME - 1130 N59322 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 263 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RENNER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP WICHITA,KANS ANDERSON,CALIF GOODLAND,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE 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 LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 89 30 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- LNDD L CROSSWIND ACFT SWERVED L.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59322
- Reported as
- Smith Trmite
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Renner Field
N59322Registration cancelled Oct 18, 1974 · Smith Termite SPENCERAirframe modelSmith Termite SPENCER
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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.
Other investigations on N59322 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.