- Date
- June 24, 1980
- Place
- Doylestown, PA · DOYLESTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N83CMMitchell U-2
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800624021729A
- Case key
- 131333
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0901 80/6/24 DOYLESTOWN,PA MITCHELL U-2 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 2900 TIME - 1500 N83CM PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOYLESTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DOYLESTOWN,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: SEATS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- FLYING WNG ACFT ACDNTLY BCM AIRBORNE DRG TAXI CK.SEAT FAILED ON TCHDWN.PORPOISED,ATMTD FLT,CRASHED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83CM
- Reported as
- Mitchell U-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Doylestown
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.