- Date
- June 22, 1977
- Place
- Corona, CA · CORONA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N50JECassutt Sport
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770622017669A
- Case key
- 157267
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1332 77/6/22 CORONA,CA CASSUTT SPORT CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 3000 TIME - 1415 N50JE PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CORONA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORONA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- HOMEBUILT,PLTS FIRST FLIGHT.OVERCONTROLLED THEN LOST CONTROL.FLIGHT LASTED THREE MINUTES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50JE
- Reported as
- Cassutt Sport
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Corona
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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.