- Date
- September 18, 1982, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Footville, WI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N119PFlitecraft Senior Aero
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820918046999A
- Case key
- 70698
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
The home built aircraft was on a familiarization flight for the pilot in the right seat. One witness stated he saw the aircraft (at about 2000 ft AGL) enter a nose high (straight up) attitude followed by a nose low (straight down) attitude. A spin then developed. Two other witnesses observed the aircraft recover from the spin. The left wing separated from the aircraft during recovery and the plane crashed. Evidence of dry rot was found in the left wing spars. A co-owner reported that the aircraft had been rebuilt in 1976, but the spars were not rebuilt. An annual inspection had been completed on 7/20/82. The wing spars were examined and judged to be in airworthy condition. Reportedly, all of the spar area was not examined due to accessability. The aircraft was not certified for aerobatics.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N119P
- Reported as
- Flitecraft Senior Aero (SENIOR AER)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- JCK1
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- L.Boettcher & D. Wendorf
- Registered owner
- L.Boettcher & D. Wendorf
- Departed
- C · Brodhead, WI
- Destination
- C · Brodhead, WI
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 300 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.