- Date
- May 28, 1978
- Place
- Chippewa Falls, WI · CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI
- Injuries
- 9 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5163GDehavilland DHC-2
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780528017749A
- Case key
- 141673
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4289 78/5/28 NR.CHIPPEWA FALLS,WI DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1130 N5163G PX- 0 0 8 PARAJUMP-SPORT AGE 28, 503 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 29 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHIPPEWA FALLS,WI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- RECOVERING FROM SPIRAL DESCENT THROUGH BREAK IN CLOUDS.BOTH WNGS BUCKLED.8 PAX PARACHUTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5163G
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.