- Date
- June 8, 1975
- Place
- Green, RI · GREEN, RI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4184ABaby Ace D1
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750608014949A
- Case key
- 149023
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1217 75/6/8 GREEN,RI BABY ACE D1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 50, UNK/NR TIME - 1258 N4184A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RICONN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREEN,RI STONINGTON,CT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PRIMER FOUND UNLOCKED AND OPEN.AS ACFT TKOF ENG SOUNDED RUF.PLT CONT TKOF TURNED TO L BFR DSCNT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4184A
- Reported as
- Baby Ace D1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Riconn
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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.