- Date
- September 27, 1978
- Place
- Angola, NY · ANGOLA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N56CNVarieze CN-VEZ
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780927036599A
- Case key
- 144011
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3412 78/9/27 ANGOLA,NY VARIEZE CN-VEZ CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 43, 815 TIME - 1855 N56CN PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANGOLA AIRWAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANGOLA,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- ACFT 93LB OVR FT GW.DIVERGENT PITCHING OCRD ON 3RD TEST FLT.PLT INJURY FM NOSE GR RETRACT ROD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56CN
- Reported as
- Varieze CN-VEZ
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Angola Airway
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.