- Date
- July 17, 1973
- Place
- Woodbine, NJ · WOODBINE, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1917NSopwith Camel
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 189591
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1982 73/7/17 WOODBINE,NJ SOPWITH CAMEL CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1330 N1917N PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE 35, 17296 TOTAL HOURS, 3 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WOODBINE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WOODBINE,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- DAMAGE TO WINGS,PROP AND TAIL SECTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1917N
- Reported as
- Sopwith Camel
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Woodbine