- Date
- June 17, 1977
- Place
- Winterset, IA · WINTERSET, IA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N90RMMorris Cass 111M
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770617017579A
- Case key
- 147074
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1732 77/6/17 WINTERSET,IA MORRIS CASS 111M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 608 TIME - 1850 N90RM PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 52 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WINTERSET,IA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: VERTICAL STABILIZER,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED REMARKS- VERT FIN SPAR FRACTURE SURFACE 50% DISCOLORED.VERT STAB DISPLACED LEFT OBSTRUCTING ELEV TRAVEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90RM
- Reported as
- Morris Cass 111M
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.