Breezy 01 N1019W

Summary

On 15 April 1983 at about 18:25 local time, a Breezy 01 registered N1019W, operated by Steve L. Phinney, was involved in an accident near Kechi, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 April 1983 at 18:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Kechi, Kansas, United States

Coordinates

37.7892, -97.2694

Aircraft

Breezy 01

Registration

N1019W

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Steve L. Phinney

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

Unk

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC83FA090

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE HOME BUILT ACFT HAD BEEN IN STORAGE WITH THE WINGS REMOVED. THE WINGS HAD BEEN RECENTLY RE-INSTALLED BY THE OWNER AND THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT AFTER THE RE-INSTALLATION. DURING A TAKEOFF FROM AN OPEN FIELD, WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT LIFT-OFF, CLIMB TO ABOUT 50 TO 100 FT AGL, THEN BANK ABRUPTLY TO THE RIGHT, DESCEND AND CRASH IN A STEEP RIGHT BANK. AN EXAM OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED THAT THE AILERON CABLES WERE CONNECTED IN REVERSE, SO THAT WHEN THE CONTROL WHEEL WAS TURNED TO THE RIGHT, THE AILERONS WOULD DEFLECT FOR A LEFT BANK AND VICE VERSA.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.