- Date
- July 10, 1978
- Place
- Eagle Grove, IA · EAGLE GROVE, IA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N214JCSkylark WC-3
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780710032599A
- Case key
- 140226
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2871 78/7/10 EAGLE GROVE,IA SKYLARK WC-3 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 263 TIME - 2000 N214JC PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 73 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EAGLE GROVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EAGLE GROVE,IA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: WING ATTACHMENT FITTINGS,BOLTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- WING FITTING FAILED.AIRCRAFT IN NEAR LEVEL FLIGHT ATTITUDE WHEN FAILURE OCCURRED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N214JC
- Reported as
- Skylark WC-3
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Eagle Grove
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.