- Date
- August 30, 1978
- Place
- Independence, OR · INDEPENDENCE, OR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N75MBMini Coupe Buffum
- Status
- Completed · report December 26, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780830035669A
- Case key
- 139268
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3273 78/8/30 INDEPENDENCE,OR MINI COUPE BUFFUM CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 36, 200 TIME - 1221 N75MB PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INDEPENDENCE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INDEPENDENCE,OR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) REMARKS- SCREW DRIVER IN CTL BOX JAMMED ELEV PUSH PULL TUBE WHICH BROKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75MB
- Reported as
- Mini Coupe Buffum
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Independence
N75MBRegistration cancelled Oct 19, 2012 · Buffum MINI-COUPEAirframe modelBuffum MINI-COUPEEngine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N75MB · 1
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