- Date
- August 31, 1979
- Place
- Arlington, WA · ARLINGTON, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8850Great Lakes Baby
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790831023899A
- Case key
- 135289
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1990 79/8/31 ARLINGTON,WA GREAT LAKES BABY CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 64, 200 TIME - 1530 N8850 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARLINGTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARLINGTON,WA ARLINGTON,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: OTHER NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- HI-SPEED GND RUN,BECAME AIRBORNE,THEN LNDD & LOST CTL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8850
- Reported as
- Great Lakes Baby
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Arlington
N8850Registration cancelled May 15, 2013 · Wilson BABY GREAT LAKESAirframe modelWilson BABY GREAT LAKESEngine modelContinental A&C75 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.