- Date
- August 17, 1981
- Place
- Blakesburg, IA · BLAKESBURG, IA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N12939Pietenpol Aircmp
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810817049989A
- Case key
- 124443
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2204 81/8/17 BLAKESBURG,IA PIETENPOL AIRCMP CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 226 TIME - 0825 N12939 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANTIQUE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLAKESBURG,IA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- EACH PLT THOUGHT THE OTHER WAS CONTROLLING THE ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12939
- Reported as
- Pietenpol Aircmp
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Antique
N12939Registered now · Sampson PIETENPOL AIRCAMPERAirframe modelSampson PIETENPOL AIRCAMPEREngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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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.