- Date
- April 26, 1980
- Place
- Prosser, WA · PROSSER, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8385Page RV-3
- Status
- Completed · report September 3, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 130997
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1520 80/4/26 NR.PROSSER,WA PAGE RV-3 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0915 N8385 PX- 0 0 0 TEST AGE 36, 780 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YAKIMA,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8385
- Reported as
- Page RV-3
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage