- Date
- July 24, 1966
- Place
- Arden, NC · ARDEN, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6157SAir Space 18A
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79342
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0657 66/7/24 ARDEN NC AIR SPACE 18A CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 49, 791 TIME - 1330 N6157S PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ASHEVILLE MUNI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: MAIN ROTOR BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- EXAMINATION DISCLOSED POOR GLUE BONDING IN ONE MAIN ROTOR BLADE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6157S
- Reported as
- Air Space 18A
- Category
- Gyroplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Asheville Muni
N6157SRegistration cancelled Sep 3, 1970 · Air & Space America 18AAirframe modelAir & Space America 18A
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