- Date
- July 20, 1980
- Place
- Ft Wayne, IN · FT WAYNE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N23ASFaulkner MS-1
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800720026649A
- Case key
- 129846
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1064 80/7/20 FT WAYNE,IN FAULKNER MS-1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N23AS PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 57, 3818 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 155 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SMITH FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT WAYNE,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: SKIN AND ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- WHILE PULLING OUT FM SPIN,BOTH R WING ASSYS SEP FM ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23AS
- Reported as
- Faulkner MS-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Smith Field
N23ASRegistration cancelled Dec 24, 1980 · Faulkner-Swango M.S.-1Airframe modelFaulkner-Swango M.S.-1
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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.