- Date
- September 2, 1968
- Place
- Puyallup, WA · PUYALLUP, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N68653Joesten J-1
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108051
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3816 68/9/2 PUYALLUP,WASH JOESTEN J-1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 39, 79 TOTAL TIME - 1145 N68653 PX- 0 0 0 TEST HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THUN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: OTHER GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- HIGH SPEED TAXI TEST. RUDDER AND STABILIZER INEFFECTIVE. ACFT WAS NOT CERTIFICATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68653
- Reported as
- Joesten J-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Thun
N68653Registration cancelled Oct 29, 1968 · Joesten Hubert G KR-2Airframe modelJoesten Hubert G KR-2
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