- Date
- August 25, 1976
- Place
- Kralltown, PA · KRALLTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8QBowers Fly Baby
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760825030759A
- Case key
- 155731
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3039 76/8/25 KRALLTOWN,PA BOWERS FLY BABY CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 800 TIME - 1540 N8Q PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FOOTLIGHT RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WELLSVILLE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN 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- DURING FAMIL FLT IN NEW TYPE AFCT PLT ALLOWED AFCT TO STALL DURING CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8Q
- Reported as
- Bowers Fly Baby
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Footlight Ranch
N8QRegistration cancelled Nov 24, 1976 · Grenoble-Wilson BOWERS FLYBABYAirframe modelGrenoble-Wilson BOWERS FLYBABY
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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.