34.2218° N, 119.0322° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Camarillo, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 13, 1990
Place
Camarillo, CA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N805U
Fatal injuries
0
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On takeoff, strut broke. Wings folded and aircraft crashed.
As the FAA filed it
ON TAKEOFF, STRUT BROKE. WINGS FOLDED AND AIRCRAFT CRASHED.