- Date
- May 12, 1968
- Place
- Spring Valley, CA · SPRING VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8496HCouger II
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110874
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1231 68/5/12 SPRING VALLEY,CAL COUGER II CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1215 N8496H PX- 0 0 0 TEST 50, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAMP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POOR WELD PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WELD ATTACHING HORIZ STABILIZER TO STABILIZER CONNECTOR FAILED ON BOTH SIDES.AMATEUR BUILT ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8496H
- Reported as
- Couger II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lamp