- Date
- September 18, 1976
- Place
- Oxford, KS · OXFORD, KS
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73546Air & Space 18A.
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760918039839A
- Case key
- 155570
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3665 76/9/18 OXFORD,KS AIR & SPACE 18A. CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 4500 TIME - UNK/NR N73546 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BELLE PLAINE KS ARKANSAS CITY KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- HIT PWR LINES APRX 50FT OVR RIVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73546
- Reported as
- Air & Space 18A.
- Category
- Gyroplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N73546Registration cancelled Mar 4, 1977 · Air & Space America 18AAirframe modelAir & Space America 18A
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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.