- Date
- February 11, 1976
- Place
- Newton, KS · NEWTON, KS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N13SLBede BD-5JX
- Status
- Completed · report March 11, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760211001149A
- Case key
- 152904
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0273 76/2/11 NEWTON,KS BEDE BD-5JX CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 862 TIME - 1410 N13SL PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWTON TRI-COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWTON,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE FLIGHT TRAINING-PROCEDURES REMARKS- INITIAL FLT IN SINGLE SEAT ACFT.LOST PITCH CTL.NO PREV JET FLT EXP.PLT FLEW IN SIMULATOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13SL
- Reported as
- Bede BD-5JX
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Newton Tri-County
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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.