- Date
- November 13, 1968
- Place
- Wayne, OK · WAYNE, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N873BMooney M20
- Status
- Completed · report February 19, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107710
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4459 68/11/13 WAYNE,OKLA MOONEY M20 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 1000 TIME - 0800 N873B PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: VERTICAL STABILIZER,ATTACHMENTS AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: RUDDER SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- VERTICAL STABILIZER MAIN SPAR FAILED DUE TO EXTENSIVE DECAY. ACFT ANNUAL INSP IMPROPER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N873B
- Reported as
- Mooney M20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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