# Accident 19750215003439A: Mncoup 90AF, Asheville, NC, February 15, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 1975
- Place: Asheville, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 35.6009° N, 82.5540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Asheville, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6009&lon=-82.5540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N266R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N266R-1975-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Monocoupe 90AF (registry code 5810107, https://openairdocs.org/model/monocoupe-90af) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MNCOUP 90AF
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,028 total, 50 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD75AI048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750215003439A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

CRACK IN WINDSHIELD STOP DRILLED.AFTR COMPLETING LOOP ACFT NOSE OVR INTO NEAR VERT DIVE,FULL PWR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD75AI048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI048), Feb 15, 1975: Monocoupe 90AF (N266R), Asheville, NC, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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