- Date
- September 2, 1967
- Place
- Owatonna, MN · OWATONNA, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1079ZStits SA3B
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113889
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3732 67/9/2 OWATONNA,MINN STITS SA3B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 29, 232 TIME - 0900 N1079Z PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OWATONNA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL STEERING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POOR WELD REMARKS- FAILURE PEDAL TORQUE TUBE ATTACHED TO N STEERING BROKEN WELDS ON BRACE TUBES FROM E.MOUNT TO GEAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1079Z
- Reported as
- Stits SA3B
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Owatonna
N1079ZRegistration cancelled Jan 30, 2013 · Stits SA3BAirframe modelStits SA3BEngine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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.