- Date
- June 10, 1973
- Place
- Macomb, IL · MACOMB, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N74872Stits SA-3A
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730610015269A
- Case key
- 189831
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4146 73/6/10 MACOMB,ILL STITS SA-3A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 194 TIME - 1245 N74872 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MACOMB MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MACOMB,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- R HORIZONTAL STABILIZER LEAD EDGE MOUNT TUBE BKN AT ATTACH HOLE.STITS DWG 2/17/68 CVRS.NOT C/W.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74872
- Reported as
- Stits SA-3A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Macomb Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N74872 · 1
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