- Date
- August 31, 1986, 09:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Sonora, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N69ZPhillips Steen Skybolt
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860831043599A
- Case key
- 24980
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
An amateur built phillips steen skybolt experienced an inflight failure of the upper wing panel fabric which led to a rapid descent and subsequent hard landing in a parking lot. Examination of the wing panel revealed no evidence of glue or bonding material having ever been applied to the fabric to secure it to the center section.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69Z
- Reported as
- Phillips Steen Skybolt (STEEN SKYB)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 200-2
- Airframe hours
- 186
- Engine
- Continental I0-470 SERIES, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Norman Mckamey
- Registered owner
- Norman P Mckamey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 22, 1986 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- 022 · Sonora, CA
- Airport
- 022 · Sonora
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 590 total · 104 in this make and model · 547 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.