- Date
- December 2, 1978
- Place
- Moncks Corner, SC · MONCKS CORNER, SC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8371Fly Baby 1A
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781202036959A
- Case key
- 139229
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3644 78/12/2 NR.MONCKS CORNER,SC FLY BABY 1A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 250 TIME - 1630 N8371 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 67 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BERKELEY COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONCKS CORNER,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS 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- L WING SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8371
- Reported as
- Fly Baby 1A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Berkeley County
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.