- Date
- September 25, 1965
- Place
- Lincoln, CA · LINCOLN, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N73636Breeze H1
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176379
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0701 65/9/25 LINCOLN CALIF BREEZE H1 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 47, 350 TIME - 1055 N73636 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 99 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LINCOLN MUN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-IMPROPER INSTALLATION BY PILOT/BUILDER. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OUT OF BALANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SHEARED REMARKS- ROTOR BLADE COUNTERWEIGHT CAME OFF DURING FLIGHT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73636
- Reported as
- Breeze H1
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lincoln Mun
N73636Registration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Hone Graham C BREEZE H-IAirframe modelHone Graham C BREEZE H-IEngine modelMcculloch 4318A&E/0-100
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.