- Date
- September 6, 1970
- Place
- Medina, NY · MEDINA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8638EWittman W8
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 133657
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3653 70/9/6 MEDINA,NY WITTMAN W8 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 73 TOTAL TIME - 0920 N8638E PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FELSTEAD FLD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEDINA,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- ROAD CROSSES APCH END RWY.PLT MAKING LOW APCH,3-4FT AGL,400FT FRM RWY,CAR APCHNG HIDDEN,HIGH CORN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8638E
- Reported as
- Wittman W8
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Felstead Fld
N8638ERegistration cancelled Nov 14, 2012 · Whittman Tailwind W-8Airframe modelWhittman Tailwind W-8Engine modelContinental C90 series
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