- Date
- July 15, 1971
- Place
- Ellington, CT · ELLINGTON, CT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N925ECommandaire 5C3
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162112
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2747 71/7/15 ELLINGTON,CONN COMMANDAIRE 5C3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 560 TIME - 0815 N925E PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 121 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELLINGTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HADDAM,CONN ELLINGTON,CONN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND SHIFTED TO QUARTERING TAIL WIND DRG LDG.ACFT NOSE HEAVY ON GND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N925E
- Reported as
- Commandaire 5C3
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ellington
N925ERegistration cancelled Aug 10, 2018 · Command-Aire 5C3Airframe modelCommand-Aire 5C3Engine modelContinental W670 series
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