- Date
- September 2, 1979
- Place
- Cumming, GA · CUMMING, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2892Cavalier SA-102
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790902029779A
- Case key
- 133805
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3817 79/9/2 NR.CUMMING,GA CAVALIER SA-102 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 1458 TIME - 1545 N2892 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHAMBLEE,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- PARTS OF R WING FOUND 1100FT FM MAIN WRECKAGE,SEPARATED IN UPWARD DIRECTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2892
- Reported as
- Cavalier SA-102
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2892Registration cancelled Oct 7, 1982 · Greenberg CAVALIER SA102.5Airframe modelGreenberg CAVALIER SA102.5
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.