- Date
- October 13, 1979
- Place
- Jackson, TN · JACKSON, TN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8237EBayles Spec 1
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791013027289A
- Case key
- 133251
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3433 79/10/13 NR.JACKSON,TN BAYLES SPEC 1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 2315 TIME - 1740 N8237E PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSON,TN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: WING ATTACHMENT FITTINGS,BOLTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- BOLT HOLDING REAR STRUT TO FUSELAGE FAILED,APPROX 80% OF BOLT SHOWED DARK GRAY DISCOLORATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8237E
- Reported as
- Bayles Spec 1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.