- Date
- March 14, 1988
- Place
- New York, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N50Aero Commander 680E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 7633
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Miscellaneous/other
Wing,skin - buckledCause
Design stress limits of aircraft - exceededCause
Analysis
The airplane had been given a daily insp on 03-10-88 with no structural damage noted. During the next daily inspection on 03-14-88, skin buckling was noted on both wings. Three different pilots had flown the airplane between inspections and all indicated that the flights were normal with no turbulence encounters and all indicated that the airplane was operated within the design envelope. The airplane was operated by FAA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 680E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 680E-818-62
- Airframe hours
- 6,741
- Engine
- Lycoming GS0-480-B1A6, 340 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Public aircraft · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Department Of Transportation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 7, 1988 · 62 hours before
- Destination
- ACY · Atlantic City, NJ
- Flight plan
- VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,800 total · 110 in this make and model · 7,750 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F