- Date
- September 8, 1989, 12:53 local (19:53 UTC)
- Place
- Placerville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N34FWClatti FOCKE-WULF-190
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890908034099A
- Case key
- 26171
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Probable cause
The wing failed due to delamination caused by adhesive separation.
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 amateur built acft departed on the second test flight. The pilot circled the airport and then entered into a nose down maneuver. During the descent both wings folded upwards and then aft. The airplane crashed, uncontrolled, into an open field. Examination of the wreckage disclosed the composite material delaminated due to adhesive failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34FW
- Reported as
- Clatti FOCKE-WULF-190 (FOCKE-WULF)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 225
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hans W. Link
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · August 19, 1989 · 15 hours before
- Airport
- PVF · Placerville, runway 23, 4,200 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,600 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AFB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.