- Date
- October 10, 1979
- Place
- Ballston, NY · BALLSTON, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N118MMRand KR-2
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791010029809A
- Case key
- 133241
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3584 79/10/10 BALLSTON,NY RAND KR-2 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 53, 80 TOTAL TIME - 0830 N118MM PX- 0 0 0 EXPERIMENTATION HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SARATOGA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BALLSTON,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF REMARKS- PIC HAD .3 ACTUAL FLT TIME IN AIRCRAFT.THE REMAINING 10.7 HOURS WERE TAXI TIME.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N118MM
- Reported as
- Rand KR-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Saratoga
FAA reports on this event · 1
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