# NTSB IAD70A0023: Fairchild 24, N46340, Pomfret, MD, September 28, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 28, 1969
- Place: Pomfret, MD · POMFRET, MD
- Location: 38.5699° N, 77.0304° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pomfret, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5699&lon=-77.0304&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 28, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 159771
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD70A0023
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD70A0023

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2827  69/9/28    POMFRET,MD          FAIRCHILD 24        CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 1632
        TIME - 1143                    N46340              PX-  2  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          CLINTON,MD                  LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
           AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ATTACHMENTS
           AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: SKIN AND ATTACHMENTS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
        REMARKS- PATCHES OF WING FABRIC,R FORWARD HORIZ STAB SEPARATED FROM ACFT.OVERALL DETERIORATED,ANTIQUE ACFT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N46340](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N46340-1970-06-24), registration cancelled 1970-06-24, S/N W-40-122, built 1940 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD 24
- Registry model: [Fairchild 24W-40](https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-24w-40) (registry code 3370608) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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