- Date
- October 8, 1978
- Place
- Hudson, NH · HUDSON, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2286KBirdman TL-1A
- Status
- Completed · report January 3, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781008032259A
- Case key
- 144054
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3332 78/10/8 HUDSON,NH BIRDMAN TL-1A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 410 TIME - 1500 N2286K PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIRDMAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUDSON,NH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN REMARKS- SPOILERS DID NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE CONTROL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2286K
- Reported as
- Birdman TL-1A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Birdman
N2286KRegistration cancelled Mar 1, 1991 · Theriault-Charles BIRDMAN TL-1AAirframe modelTheriault-Charles BIRDMAN TL-1A
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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.