- Date
- August 16, 1979
- Place
- Manchester, MI · MANCHESTER, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N19BCStitts SA-3A
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790816028899A
- Case key
- 134243
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2600 79/8/16 MANCHESTER,MI STITTS SA-3A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 60, 2356 TIME - 1930 N19BC PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANN ARBOR,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: SKIN AND ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- R WING FABRIC SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19BC
- Reported as
- Stitts SA-3A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N19BCRegistration cancelled Apr 15, 1982 · Nieman-Barnard-Helkaa STITS PLAYBOY SA-3AAirframe modelNieman-Barnard-Helkaa STITS PLAYBOY SA-3A
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.