- Date
- October 25, 1980
- Place
- Liberal, KS · LIBERAL, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N533VCassutt 3M
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801025066909A
- Case key
- 128561
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2808 80/10/25 LIBERAL,KS CASSUTT 3M CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 4500 TIME - 1330 N533V PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 125 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LIBERAL MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LIBERAL,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. REMARKS- A/C ENCOUNTERED WAKE TURBULENCE DURING AIR RACE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N533V
- Reported as
- Cassutt 3M
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Liberal Muni
N533VRegistration cancelled Dec 18, 2012 · Green CASSUTT III MAirframe modelGreen CASSUTT III MEngine modelContinental C90 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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.