- Date
- April 26, 1980
- Place
- Waubun, MN · WAUBUN, MN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1081ZFly Baby BWM-10
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800426010359A
- Case key
- 130855
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1097 80/4/26 WAUBUN,MN FLY BABY BWM-10 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 850 TIME - 1930 N1081Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAUBUN,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING AIRFRAME - WINGS: WING ATTACHMENT FITTINGS,BOLTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- L WG REAR ATCH BOLT PULLED LOOSE.HOLE IMPROPERLY DRILLED,BUSHING NOT INSTLD.ACFT RSTRD FM ACRO FLT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1081Z
- Reported as
- Fly Baby BWM-10
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1081ZRegistration cancelled Jul 5, 2011 · Braun BWM-10Airframe modelBraun BWM-10Engine modelContinental A&C75 series
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.