- Date
- March 3, 1981
- Place
- Edwards Afb, CA · EDWARDS AFB, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9417HDouglas B-26
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 126628
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3360 81/3/3 NR.EDWARDS AFB,CA DOUGLAS B-26 CR- 3 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 3522 TIME - 0928 N9417H PX- 0 0 0 OTHER PUBLIC TOTAL HOURS, 139 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EDWARDS AFB,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- L WING SEPD DRG MNVRG FLT,FATIGUE FOUND AT WING STATION 141 ON LWR FWD SPAR CAP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9417H
- Reported as
- Douglas B-26
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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