- Date
- June 8, 1980
- Place
- Newton, KS · NEWTON, KS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N79FGBenchmark 01
- Status
- Completed · report July 8, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800608017979A
- Case key
- 130827
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1193 80/6/8 NEWTON,KS BENCHMARK 01 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 1620 N79FG PX- 0 0 0 TEST 3704 TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWTON MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWTON,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: WING ATTACHMENT FITTINGS,BOLTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- INITIAL TEST FLT.SEVERE PITCH OSCILLATIONS OCCURRED AFTR TKOF.REAR WING SEPD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79FG
- Reported as
- Benchmark 01
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Newton Municipal
N79FGRegistration cancelled Apr 8, 1983 · Matthias WM L BENCHMARKAirframe modelMatthias WM L BENCHMARK
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.