- Date
- May 20, 1967
- Place
- Lowemont, KS · LOWEMONT, KS
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N61294Piper L-21A
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116886
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0472 67/5/20 LOWEMONT,KANS PIPER L-21A CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1249 N61294 PX- 1 0 0 DUAL AGE 32, 1000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: SKIN AND ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- TOP RIGHT WING FABRIC FAILED. FABRIC PULL TESTED AT 75 POUNDS,MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE 56 POUNDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61294
- Reported as
- Piper L-21A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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