- Date
- May 31, 1971
- Place
- Durant, OK · DURANT, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7347Fly Baby 1-14
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161147
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0496 71/5/31 DURANT,OKLA FLY BABY 1-14 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 1132 TIME - 1805 N7347 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EAKER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DURANT,OKLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: BRACING WIRES,STRUTS AIRFRAME - WINGS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- 3 FLYING WIRES,R WING,PULLED THRU NICOPRESS,GR AXLE ATCH PNT,4TH,WING ATCH.GR AXLE PREV DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7347
- Reported as
- Fly Baby 1-14
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Eaker Field
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