- Date
- May 14, 1968
- Place
- Johnsville, PA · JOHNSVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N315YGR Lakes 2T-1A
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110407
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1481 68/5/14 JOHNSVILLE,PA GR LAKES 2T-1A CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1049 N315Y PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING 51, 6132 TOTAL HOURS, 963 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHNSVILLE NAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DETERIORATED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- FRONT SPAR TOP RT WING HAD INDICATIONS OF DETERIORATION.FAILED AT INTERWING STRUT ATTACH FITTING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N315Y
- Reported as
- GR Lakes 2T-1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Johnsville Nas
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