- Date
- August 5, 1980
- Place
- Streator, IL · STREATOR, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N66CJMurphy RV-3
- Status
- Completed · report December 9, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800805034279A
- Case key
- 129259
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2810 80/8/5 STREATOR,IL MURPHY RV-3 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, UNK/NR TIME - 1945 N66CJ PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 90 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STREATOR,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- LEFT WING SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66CJ
- Reported as
- Murphy RV-3
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N66CJRegistration cancelled Aug 14, 2013 · Murphy RV-3Airframe modelMurphy RV-3Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N66CJ · 1
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