- Date
- March 6, 1966
- Place
- Malibu, CA · MALIBU, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6551CCollinske 125B
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174156
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0191 66/3/6 MALIBU CALIF COLLINSKE 125B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 239 TIME - 1105 N6551C PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 65 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 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 - WINGS: BRACING WIRES,STRUTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- PILOT INCREASED WING AREA OUTBOARD OF WING STRUTS BUT DID NOT INCREASE STRENGTH OF STRUT ASSEMBLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6551C
- Reported as
- Collinske 125B
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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