- Date
- September 18, 1977
- Place
- Ebensburg, PA · EBENSBURG, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4671TMiniplane DS
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770918030019A
- Case key
- 145179
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2936 77/9/18 EBENSBURG,PA MINIPLANE DS CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 150 TIME - 1845 N4671T PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EBENSBURG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EBENSBURG,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- FIRST FLT,OBSVD NOSE HI FM TKOF TO TREE STRIKE ADJ TO RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4671T
- Reported as
- Miniplane DS
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ebensburg
N4671TRegistration cancelled Oct 5, 2011 · D S Miniplane D S MINIPLANEAirframe modelD S Miniplane D S MINIPLANEEngine modelContinental A&C75 series
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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.