# NTSB CHI80FET21: Faulkner MS-1, N23AS, Ft Wayne, IN, July 20, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 20, 1980
- Place: Ft Wayne, IN · FT WAYNE, IN
- Location: 41.1306° N, 85.1289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Wayne, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1306&lon=-85.1289&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 26, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 129846
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI80FET21
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FET21

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23AS-1980-12-24), registration cancelled 1980-12-24, S/N 1, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAULKNER MS-1
- Registry model: [Faulkner-Swango M.S.-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/faulkner-swango-m-s-1) (registry code 0565372) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Smith Field

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19800720026649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800720026649A), Jul 20, 1980: Amtr MSI, Ft Wayne, IN, Destroyed. Aircraft wing structure failed during aerobatic demonstration at airshow.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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