Breezy RLU-1 N581T

25 May 1972 · Batchtown, Illinois, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 25 May 1972 at about 17:30 local time, a Breezy RLU-1 registered N581T, operated by McNeilus Auto, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Batchtown, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 25 May 1972 at 17:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Batchtown, Illinois, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Breezy RLU-1
Registration: N581T
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: McNeilus Auto
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Ferry
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Z
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1841

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

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

TOOK OFF FROM FARM FLD OF INSUFFICIENT LENGTH. BANKED L TO AVOID POST IN PATH. WIND CALM.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1841, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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