- Date
- June 6, 1986, 17:30 local (Jun 7, 1986, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marysville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N28509Fairchild 24R-40
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860606022009A
- Case key
- 25177
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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
The acft's left wing spar failed while the acft was in level flt. The plt was able to regain partial control of the acft and landed it in a plowed field. The acft owner reported he had previously replaced the right wing due to deterioration of the wood structure. The left wing had a total of 1783 operating time during the 46 years prior to this accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28509
- Reported as
- Fairchild 24R-40
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R40-416
- Airframe hours
- 1,783
- Engine
- Ranger 6-410-B3, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William H. Phipps
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 16, 1986 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- MYV · Marysville, CA
- Destination
- 008 · Colusa, CA
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18,000 total · 10 in this make and model · 17,800 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MYV, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N28509 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.