# Accident 20030614014369A: Mudry CAP10B, Gladewater, TX, June 14, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2003, 09:20 local time
- Place: Gladewater, TX
- Airport: Gladewater Munu Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5258° N, 94.9783° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5258&lon=-94.9783&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80DD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80DD-2006-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Avions Mudry ET Cie CAP 10B (registry code 0950102, https://openairdocs.org/model/avions-mudry-et-cie-cap-10b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MUDRY CAP10B
- Reported engine: LYC IO360B2F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,095 total, 262 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA173) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030614014369A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 14, 2003, APPROXIMATELY 0910 CST, AN AVIONS MUDRY ET CIE CAP-10B EXPERIMENTAL EXHIBITION AIRPLANE, N80DD, OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE REGISTERED OWNER, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN FOLLOWING AN IN-FLIGHT SEPARATION OF THE LEFT WING WHILE MANEUVERING NEAR GLADEWATER, TEXAS. THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS FATALLY INJURED. VMC PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE GLADEWATER AIRPORT (07F) AT AN UNDETERMINED TIME. AIRCRAFT WAS TRAVELING SOUTHWEST IN THE AEROBATIC BOX PERFORMING AEROBATIC MANEUVERS AND WAS WITNESSED BY NUMEROUS SPECTATORS. THE LEFT WING WAS LOCATED 1/8-1/4 MILE NORTH OF THE WRECKAGE SITE.

## 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 FTW03LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA173), Jun 14, 2003: Apex CAP 10B (N80DD), Gladewater, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the left wing, which resulted from progressive compressive fractures in the upper wooden spar cap. Contributing the accident was the difficulty in performing adequate inspections of…

## Other reports on N80DD (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19911206058289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911206058289I), Dec 6, 1991: Mudry CAP10B (N80DD), Santa Ana, CA, Minor damage. Lost control of aircraft after a three point landing. Fround loop into the grass area beside runway.

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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