- Date
- July 17, 1976
- Place
- Hobbs, NM · HOBBS, NM
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N125CBEL Gringo 1
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 154649
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2455 76/7/17 NR.HOBBS,NM EL GRINGO 1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 204 TIME - 1420 N125CB PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 146 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOBBS,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL AIRFRAME - WINGS: SKIN AND ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER CLEARANCE-TOLERANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- COVERING OVER SPAR SANDED TOO THIN. CAME LOOSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N125CB
- Reported as
- EL Gringo 1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed