- Date
- July 24, 1977
- Place
- Fall Rvr Mills, CA · FALL RVR MILLS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N12FDBaby 1
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770724023249A
- Case key
- 146693
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1816 77/7/24 FALL RVR MILLS,CA BABY 1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 528 TIME - 0915 N12FD PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RED BLUFF,CA FALL RVR MILLS,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12FD
- Reported as
- Baby 1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N12FDRegistration cancelled Jul 24, 2012 · Dal Porto BABY ACE DAirframe modelDal Porto BABY ACE DEngine modelContinental C85 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.