- Date
- January 16, 1973
- Place
- Westfield, MA · WESTFIELD, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N10041Sport-Aire Iiss
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730116000569A
- Case key
- 170012
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0320 73/1/16 WESTFIELD,MASS SPORT-AIRE IISS CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 58, 369 TIME - 1500 N10041 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BARNES MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTFIELD,MASS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- FIRST FLIGHT OF HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10041
- Reported as
- Sport-Aire Iiss
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Barnes Mun
N10041Registration cancelled Jun 7, 2011 · Titcomb SPORT-AIRE II SSAirframe modelTitcomb SPORT-AIRE II SSEngine modelLycoming 0-290 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.