- Date
- June 15, 1968
- Place
- Festus, MO · FESTUS, MO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8680EStits SA3A
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109660
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4869 68/6/15 FESTUS,MO STITS SA3A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1525 N8680E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 35, 700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 35 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FESTUS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: WING ATTACHMENT FITTINGS,BOLTS AIRFRAME - WINGS: BRACING WIRES,STRUTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POOR WELD FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- R WING STRUTS FAILED AT FUSELAGE ATTACHMENT POINTS.NO PENETRATION OF WELD AT FUSELAGE ATTACHMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8680E
- Reported as
- Stits SA3A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Festus
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