- Date
- June 22, 1969
- Place
- Honolulu, HI · HONOLULU, HI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3511Giant Bee
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180149
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1717 69/6/22 HONOLULU,HAWAII GIANT BEE CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 3905 TIME - 0845 N3511 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NAS BARBERS POINT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- INITIAL TEST FLT,PLT ENCOUNTERED A PITCH CONTROLLABILITY PROBLEM,CG MOST REARWARD AT T/0.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3511
- Reported as
- Giant Bee
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nas Barbers Point
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