- Date
- April 13, 1969
- Place
- Mesa, AZ · MESA, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N10135Dutton SPL J-4
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 187282
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0856 69/4/13 MESA,ARIZ DUTTON SPL J-4 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 37, 5010 TIME - 1400 N10135 PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 125 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FALCON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- PROP FLANGE FAILED DURING INVERTED LOW ALT ROLL. PLT RIGHTED ACFT,CRASH LANDED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10135
- Reported as
- Dutton SPL J-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Falcon
N10135Registration cancelled Jun 25, 2009 · Dutton Special 2Airframe modelDutton Special 2Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.