- Date
- April 19, 1973
- Place
- Davenport, IA · DAVENPORT, IA
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N310WABeech E18S
- Status
- Completed · report December 18, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19730419010799A
- Case key
- 79395
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1558 73/4/19 DAVENPORT,IOWA BEECH E18S CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1704 N310WA PX- 5 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 37, 6000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 2000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DAVENPORT MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MUSCATINE,IOWA CHICAGO,ILL DAVENPORT,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) REMARKS- PREEXISTING CRACK LWR SPAR CAP WS-81 DISCERNIBLE,NOT DETECTED OVR 6-YR PERIOD.R WNG FOLDED UPWARD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N310WA
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Davenport Muni
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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.