- Date
- October 14, 1978
- Place
- Lake Matthews, CA · LAKE MATTHEWS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N700XPAmateur 700XP
- Status
- Completed · report November 13, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781014030699A
- Case key
- 138979
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2922 78/10/14 LAKE MATTHEWS,CA AMATEUR 700XP CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1530 N700XP PX- 0 0 0 TEST 45, 6680 TOTAL HOURS, 4 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RIVERSIDE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: BRACING WIRES,STRUTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- DURING APPLICATION OF 5 NEG G'S,WINGS FOLDED.PLT BAILED OUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N700XP
- Reported as
- Amateur 700XP
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
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