- Date
- April 25, 1982, 17:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place
- Sebring, OH
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1422DDauntless D52
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820425010939A
- Case key
- 72589
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Both wings separated during an experimental test flight of the motorized glider. The plt had indicated the tests would include climbing to a safe altitude & doing a few power-off shallow glides to see if there was any indication of flutter at perhaps max speed of indicated 130-135 mph.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1422D
- Reported as
- Dauntless D52
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 001
- Airframe hours
- 7
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-M2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Dauntless, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Dauntless, Inc.
- Departed
- C · North Benton, OH
- Destination
- C · North Benton, OH
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 9,500 total · 5,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 162 °F
- Observed at
- CLE, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.