- Date
- October 30, 1978
- Place
- Warminister, PA · WARMINISTER, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N21WAnderson AK-1
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781030043719A
- Case key
- 144061
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3349 78/10/30 WARMINISTER,PA ANDERSON AK-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 263 TIME - 1323 N21W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WARMINSTER NAVAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLANDERS,NJ LANCASTER,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- T/W CAUGHT ARRESTING CABLE ON RWY.NEW MAG COMPASS NOT SWUNG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21W
- Reported as
- Anderson AK-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Warminster Naval
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.