# NTSB LAX68A0063: Glendening Stits, N6050C, Corona, CA, December 24, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 24, 1967
- Place: Corona, CA · CORONA, CA
- Location: 33.8753° N, 117.5664° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Corona, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8753&lon=-117.5664&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 15, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 80127
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX68A0063
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68A0063

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-1030  67/12/24   CORONA,CALIF        GLENDENING STITS    CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 42, 831
        TIME - 1115                    N6050C              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 243 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CORONA
        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)
           PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL
           AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ATTACHMENTS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE
           WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          CLEAR                                                    UNLIMITED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          NONE                                                      75
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR                                                      NONE
        REMARKS- LT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ATTACH FITTING FAILED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6050C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6050C-1968-04-22), registration cancelled 1968-04-22, S/N 1, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLENDENING STITS
- Registry model: [Glendening Gordon/Kennedy Albe STITS PLAYBOY](https://openairdocs.org/model/glendening-gordon-kennedy-albe-stits-playboy) (registry code 86502FL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Corona

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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