ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 43176
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Date: | Sunday 28 July 1991 |
Time: | 11:00 LT |
Type: | RLU-1 Breezy |
Owner/operator: | Richard Dale Newberry |
Registration: | N2AW |
MSN: | 1 |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL C 85 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Leslie, MI -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Kendallville, IN (C62) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:WITNESSES OBSERVED THE OPEN COCKPIT HOMEBUILT AIRPLANE TURNING FROM BASE LEG TO FINAL APPROACH FOR A LANDING AT A PRIVATE AIRPORT. DURING THE DESCENT THE AIRPLANE'S LEFT WING COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND AND CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO CARTWHEEL. THE AIRPLANE WAS FOUND IN AN INVERTED POSITION.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. A FACTOR WAS THE EXESSIVE DESCENT RATE.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI91DEC03 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 8 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB CHI91DEC03
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:24 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
11-Apr-2024 13:25 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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