- Date
- October 17, 1971
- Place
- Greenville, NC · GREENVILLE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N15696Buecker 133
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163535
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1969 71/10/17 GREENVILLE,NC BUECKER 133 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1414 N15696 PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING AGE 57, 12145 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1458 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PITT-GREENVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENVILLE,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- OBS SAW ACFT MAKE R INVERTED TURN AFTER LOW PASS.THEN SNAP UPRIGHT IN L TURN.HIT TREE.NO FUEL ABD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15696
- Reported as
- Buecker 133
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pitt-Greenville
N15696Registration cancelled Nov 30, 1971 · Buecker-Jungmeister 133Airframe modelBuecker-Jungmeister 133
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