- Date
- July 31, 1977
- Place
- Tonopah, NV · TONOPAH, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7752Fournier RF4D
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770731024479A
- Case key
- 146274
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2049 77/7/31 TONOPAH,NV FOURNIER RF4D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0730 N7752 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 62, 2715 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 152 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TONOPAH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TONOPAH,NV ELKO,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 73 20 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 12 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- D/A ESTIMATED 7850FT.ENG-POWERED GLIDER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7752
- Reported as
- Fournier RF4D
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tonopah
N7752Registration cancelled Apr 23, 1991 · Sportavia-Putzer FOURNIER R.F.4.DAirframe modelSportavia-Putzer FOURNIER R.F.4.D
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7752 · 2
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