- Date
- June 28, 1969
- Place
- Livermore, CA · LIVERMORE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N225YFoka-4
- Status
- Completed · report September 2, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179369
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2159 69/6/28 LIVERMORE,CALIF FOKA-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 2007 TIME - 1300 N225Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 445 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUMMINGBIRD HAVEN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: AILERON AND AILERON TAB CONTROL SYSTEM EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- PLT ABORTED FLT AFTER TOWED T/O DUE TO LACK OF AILERON CONTROL.AILERON CONTROLS NOT CONNECTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N225Y
- Reported as
- Foka-4
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hummingbird Haven
N225YRegistration cancelled Jul 13, 2009 · Szybowcowy Zaklad Doswiadczaln SZD-24-4A "FOKA"-4Airframe modelSzybowcowy Zaklad Doswiadczaln SZD-24-4A "FOKA"-4
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.