- Date
- May 17, 1970
- Place
- Newhall, CA · NEWHALL, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N543WMonocoupe 90
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122192
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2077 70/5/17 NEWHALL,CALIF MONOCOUPE 90 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 8000 TIME - 1530 N543W PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EDWARDS AFB,CALIF SANTA PAULA,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND UNUSUAL NOISE PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- PROP BLADE SEPARATED AT GLUE JOINT COVERED WITH FABRIC AT TIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N543W
- Reported as
- Monocoupe 90
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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