- Date
- August 12, 1973
- Place
- Woodbine, NJ · WOODBINE, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1917Fokker DR-1
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730812024809A
- Case key
- 189511
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2086 73/8/12 WOODBINE,NJ FOKKER DR-1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 9143 TIME - 1500 N1917 PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WOODBINE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WOODBINE,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- ACFT T/D GOING SLIGHTLY SIDEWAYS TO R CAUSING R WING TIP TO HIT END.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1917
- Reported as
- Fokker DR-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Woodbine
N1917Registration cancelled Nov 16, 2017 · Woerner Fokker DR.1Airframe modelWoerner Fokker DR.1Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.