- Date
- June 17, 1987, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Durango, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N23405Concept 70
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870617072969A
- Case key
- 17113
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Analysis
The plt reported that he had been flying for one hour and had been doing acrobatics. He had started an inside loop and during pull up, he reported indicating 5.5 g's on his new g meter. The plt reported that both wings left the acft and he jettisoned the canopy. He bailed out and landed safely in trees. The acft fuselage impacted in a field and was destroyed. The wings and other wreckage were scattered over farm land in a one half mile path.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23405
- Reported as
- Concept 70
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 01
- Airframe hours
- 500
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald E. Howard
- Registered owner
- Coe A.D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1984
- Departed
- 9C08 · Durango, CO
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 133 total · 133 in this make and model · 98 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.