- Date
- August 6, 1976
- Place
- Chico, CA · CHICO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N175HDGreat Lakes Baby
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760806023189A
- Case key
- 154982
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2057 76/8/6 CHICO,CA GREAT LAKES BABY CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1615 N175HD PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 33, 682 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHICO RANCHAERO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICO,CA CHICO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N175HD
- Reported as
- Great Lakes Baby
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chico Ranchaero
N175HDRegistered now · Great Lakes 2T-1A-2Airframe modelGreat Lakes 2T-1A-2Engine modelLycoming AEIO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.