- Date
- September 22, 1979
- Place
- Frazer, MI · FRAZER, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9369Breezy RLU-1
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790922026049A
- Case key
- 133976
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2408 79/9/22 FRAZER,MI BREEZY RLU-1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 221 TIME - 1000 N9369 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 126 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCKINLEY,MI NEW HUDSON,MI 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 SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: AILERON AND AILERON TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POOR WELD MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- AILERON CABLE PULLEY BRACKET LOWER WELD SURFACES HEAVILY OXIDIZED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9369
- Reported as
- Breezy RLU-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9369Registration cancelled Sep 18, 2009 · Hutson BREEZY RLU-1Airframe modelHutson BREEZY RLU-1Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.