- Date
- June 15, 1974
- Place
- Faribault, MN · FARIBAULT, MN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5549Sisler-Home SF2
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740615020629A
- Case key
- 128198
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1816 74/6/15 FARIBAULT,MINN SISLER-HOME SF2 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 2340 TIME - 0750 N5549 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FARIBAULT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARIBAULT,MINN LAKEVILLE,MINN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- HOMEBUILT ACFT WITH VW ENGINE NO PREVIOUS KNOWN PROBLEMS INVOLVING STABILITY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5549
- Reported as
- Sisler-Home SF2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Faribault
N5549Registration cancelled Jan 31, 2013 · Sisler SF-2Airframe modelSisler SF-2Engine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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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.